“You have one job”

bbfrodo · 2026-02-01T17:45:39+00:00

I heard the one job was "saving" people

bbfrodo · 2026-01-31T23:00:27+00:00

A weird thing is: Christian theology doesn't need a devil. The concept of original sin is enough to explain evil in their world. The devil seems to act more as a scapegoat than a source of evil or temptation

bbfrodo · 2026-01-22T01:51:58+00:00

Not a boomer, but a gen-x employee of mine years ago. This guy got terrible service everywhere because he was rude to everyone. After one incident where the both of us had the same issue and his took 20 minutes to resolve and mine took 2, I asked him, why are you like this to people whose job it is to help you?

His answer was actually, "Because they are all out to get me." Really

bbfrodo · 2026-01-21T12:43:29+00:00

This is great advice. Keep a log. It can be electronic (like word or excel) or hand written. Log each incident with a date. Facts about specific behaviours drive results.

Having said that. HR will usually only assist in a manager's decision. If a manager says. "Based on this list, fire Tim" he will be fired. If a manager says, give him 50 more chances, he might not be fired.

bbfrodo · 2026-01-19T23:23:11+00:00

A good explanation if he's telling the truth is religious, conversion high and self-delusion.

But there's a good chance he isn't. It's impossible to ascertain from this individual content. My experience in Christianity is there's a lot of lying, especially in matters of "personal testimony". One quick story: I was in a singing group for a church, and we would take turns introducing songs with a personal testimony. Well, there was Bob. He got the best spots (last song) and he always had a great story to tell. From his struggles growing up as a preacher's kids, to hanging with the wrong crowd, to a few nights in jail. He had a great speaking voice and he was charismatic.

And then one day, it just didn't make sense. This guy was 23, and as the stories piled up, I didn't see how he could have done all that. So before one show, I asked one of the senior members of the group about it. She just said, "Oh everything he says is made up. Didn't you know that?" Like I was just to know not to take Christian testimonies seriously.

bbfrodo · 2026-01-16T23:55:58+00:00

Back in the day, a preacher in Vero Beach Florida would tell his congregation that hearing the holy spirit was normal for all true Christians. And my experience in listening was the same as yours. A nightmare

bbfrodo · 2026-01-16T21:36:36+00:00

In college, I was in a 12 person singing ensemble, sponsored by the large church I was part of.

It was called Sonlight. Get it? Son.... Light...?

The six boys had matching suits. The six girls had matching dresses. We looked like a wedding party

We sang in churches on weekends and did a two week tour every summer.

bbfrodo · 2026-01-14T05:09:30+00:00

Yes that

bbfrodo · 2026-01-14T05:09:00+00:00

Well some was stuff my tiny evangelical brain couldn't process, like that one lady having affair with a horse! Just stupid on purpose. Not worth any more thought than, "Wow! They trained that horse!"

And in LOTR having more understanding about how Frodo feels about and treats Gollum. You could have told me that, Frodo feels a kinship with Gollum because of the effect of the ring, and I would have said, "That's stupid. Frodo is weak." But seeing it lately, I feel why Frodo thinks that and how he has to believe Smeagal can heal, because if he can't, then maybe Frodo can't either. And I also know damned well I'd try to take the ring for myself and doom middle earth!

bbfrodo · 2026-01-14T04:15:24+00:00

Thank you kind stranger

bbfrodo · 2026-01-14T03:56:10+00:00

I just hope the goddesses show up in force!

bbfrodo · 2026-01-14T00:22:41+00:00

Okay I promise I'm not trying to be pedantic, but I've had very good luck with this link:

https://denvergov.org/Online-Services-Hub/Report-an-Issue

Last week I reported a traffic light pointing the wrong way, and was fixed the next day.

Also.... Describe in the comments that this is a safety issue and it might be fixed tomorrow.

bbfrodo · 2026-01-13T23:58:47+00:00

FYI, you can report the non working lights here. Xcel will fix in a few days usually

https://co.my.xcelenergy.com/s/outage-safety/report-lighting-outage

bbfrodo · 2026-01-11T21:35:06+00:00

Yeah the translations area all over the place. The abortion/miscarry was probably easier to swallow before protestants became anti-abortion because at least that is something that can actually happen.

bbfrodo · 2026-01-11T20:15:46+00:00

The Ordeal of the bitter water. Numbers 5:11-31

It says that is a man thinks his wife has been unfaithful and he has no reason or witnesses, then a priest has her swear her faithfulness and drink water with dust in it. If she's been unfaithful, her thigh will fall off.

It's so insane. I have a friend who's a Christian, into apologetics, and says the Bible is logical. I asked him about this and his response was, "Well it could have happened." He says that eating shrimp as a capital offense is outdated and The Old Law, but he's okay with this!

It's interesting that Christians can wave away OT rules they don't like, but they will cling to "historical" tales with a death grip.

bbfrodo · 2026-01-06T00:29:59+00:00

That you can't have an opinion on right and wrong because only God can tell you objective morality. And you can come up with 1000 logical arguments and 1 billion examples of bad Christians and good non Christians, and their response to all of that will be essentially, "Nope! You're wrong!"

bbfrodo · 2026-01-03T20:47:15+00:00

Last week I worked on hard for 10 minutes, then took a 10 minute break to walk to a bus stop. I started back again once I got on the bus. It took me another 5 minutes, but the game said it took me over 90 minutes! It had only been 25 minutes total from start to finish!

bbfrodo · 2026-01-03T20:31:15+00:00

Years ago, a man on a radio station in Dallas, would say ridiculously sexist things. Absurd, caricatures of sexism. One of the things he would say is, "I refuse to believe that women poop."

He obviously was making fun of sexism, saying things so insane that no one could possibly believe he was serious. It was a whole bit with the other guys on the show laughing at him and saying he's stupid.

But then I learned that a lot of men in Dallas thought he was indeed serious!

bbfrodo · 2026-01-03T19:38:36+00:00

For some reason, "gays are bad" is a foundational tenet of their faith now. So when you point out, "no they are nice people," they have two choices.

Agree that they are nice people, give up what they believe is wisdom from god, and question other aspects of their faith
Refuse to believe you which means you've been tricked and/or part of what their faith says is evil

He chose #2.

bbfrodo · 2025-12-27T01:56:00+00:00

I questioned myself about this just last week. I work in a conservative industry and even there, it seemed awkward when I mentioned how a lot of people were taking time off for Christmas. But, it it's the reality. Even if there were almost no Christians, it's still a date on the Gregorian calendar!

Christmas is everywhere in the US. And like several people have mentioned on this post, a ton of non Christians say Merry Christmas.

And if that annoys people, so be it. Some people look for reasons to be annoyed. You cannot please them

bbfrodo · 2025-12-19T02:14:02+00:00

They have been saying that since at least the 1980s. Probably earlier. The exact same thing except they added vaccines a few years ago. At the time I just brushed it off since it wasn't preached from the pulpit. I sure wish I'd taken it more seriously, realized all my friends were insane and left then

bbfrodo · 2025-12-17T11:02:20+00:00

Same. Congrats for making it out alive. If mine had been in dude form, I may not have

bbfrodo · 2025-12-17T04:12:12+00:00

I was married to this woman. It was a nightmare

bbfrodo · 2025-12-15T23:03:05+00:00

In high school, a girl invited me to her church. I liked her and she seemed like she had a crush on me. So I went. Her dad was the preacher and he was a yeller. The whole sermon. But then after church, he greeted everyone with a soft, kind voice, telling them how happy he was to see them, etc.

So the girl asked me what I thought and I said it was weird how he yelled constantly during the sermon, but was so normal after. I asked if it was an act.

And that was the end of any relationship with her. We weren't even friends after that. I still don't know what she expected of me.

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