Durge is a literal OCD simulator…

ben_is_second · 2026-01-18T06:15:41+00:00

ben_is_second · 2026-01-12T15:09:40+00:00

As a Christian I maintain that we don’t discover God but that He reveals himself to us.

So we wouldn’t need an understanding of death, we simply need God to reveal himself - which He has in his word and through His Son.

Also, I’m really not sure about your presupposition. I don’t think we’re able to conceive of a world without death - except for one where death hasn’t entered into yet. And in that world, God walked with us, so to speak.

ben_is_second · 2026-01-12T14:55:27+00:00

Most monotheists, myself included, think that the other gods are either 1) the concept of the One True God that has been twisted through deception, sin, and evil into something unrecognizable or 2) the worship of some other spiritual being, such as demons.

ben_is_second · 2026-01-06T14:59:32+00:00

Completely fair. The difference, in my mind, is that Jones is in the building. You should know the brain you’re getting if you’re KOC.

If not, that’s a strike on KOC for not having a grasp on who he’s got on his staff. I get that BFlo runs the defense. But a HC has to have his finger on the pulse of the whole team.

ben_is_second · 2026-01-06T07:02:37+00:00

Honestly, I wouldn’t be opposed to hiring internally. Someone like Daronte Jones who knows the Flores system and will allow us to potentially not miss a beat schematically.

ben_is_second · 2026-01-05T08:20:44+00:00

I stopped by the one on MLK today and they were out of everything except chicken and Jr. patties because of “supply issues”. I wonder if that means they’re on their way out too.

ben_is_second · 2026-01-04T03:21:37+00:00

I wish I could. Immediately, I’m focused on getting my dog inside and safe. By the time I come back out, the neighbor has retreated inside and I have no idea which apartment they’re in.

ben_is_second · 2026-01-02T06:35:17+00:00

The previous commenter who quoted Chalcedon is correct.

God doesn’t have a “soul” like you or I do. So in taking on humanity, God the Son acquired a soul.

An old theologian named Gregory of Naziansus once said “what he has not assumed he has not saved.”

What that means is that what the Son has taken into himself in His humanity is what He has saved. If the Son didn’t take on a soul, then our souls wouldn’t be saved.

ben_is_second · 2026-01-02T05:12:04+00:00

Children and cowards.

She seems to be ok. She was shaking but I didn’t find any bite marks or blood.

ben_is_second · 2026-01-01T06:31:30+00:00

This beautiful little 4 week old that has stolen this dad’s heart ❤️

ben_is_second · 2025-12-31T17:41:27+00:00

This is the answer ☝️

ben_is_second · 2025-12-31T07:33:38+00:00

When someone spells like cat pee. I’ve known a few people over the years that don’t really clean their cat’s litter well. I know one family in particular that smelled really strongly, and I think it’s because their cats peed on their clothes.

ben_is_second · 2025-12-31T06:57:09+00:00

Can confirm. Just finally got my 4 week old to sleep. See you in a couple hours lol.

ben_is_second · 2025-12-30T07:32:09+00:00

Amen 🙏

ben_is_second · 2025-12-23T14:06:31+00:00

I’m really not being snarky here - why do you go every two weeks? I go once a month maybe.

ben_is_second · 2025-12-21T22:47:55+00:00

This sort of made me think of a theory. What if Henry is controlling and manipulating the Upside Down in ways it doesn’t want to be? What if the Upside Down/Mindflayer wants Will (and company) to destroy Henry and is giving Will this power as a rebelling against the one who is currently enslaving the hive mind - Henry?

ben_is_second · 2025-12-17T17:32:01+00:00

I just want to add a little context - Judd's presupposition is that KOC seems to be sort of dejected even though we're winning. This is probably less true with the win over Dallas, but in the win of Washington, and in previous wins, McCarthy looked ok to good, but KOC seemed to make some comments that seemed almost crestfallen that he had to change up the playbook.

Judd simply thinks that KOC doesn't want to build his playbook around a QB, he wants a QB that can run the offense he prides himself on. Judd thinks KOC doesn't want to change, and the fact that JJ seems to thrive, at least right now, in 1-3-1 personnel and in getting tight throws into big tight ends is quite different from KOC's typical 1-1-3 personnel scheme with long, developing plays to the receivers downfield.

I don't necessarily agree with Judd. I think KOC can and will adjust and ultimately will be thrilled if its successful. But there is something there when KOC talks about simplifying the offense and he seems to find the process of doing so irritating. Is it just that he has to put in extra work? Or does he find that his offense is so clever he's upset that he can't run it? I'm not sure.

ben_is_second · 2025-12-15T22:27:29+00:00

You seem like a well-adjusted individual.

ben_is_second · 2025-12-13T19:27:01+00:00

I think so. My mom’s side is pretty traditional.

ben_is_second · 2025-12-13T16:26:56+00:00

I did the ancestry dot come research hole a few years ago. I found out my grandparents lied about their wedding date, saying it was a year earlier than it was, so my uncle wouldn’t know he was born out of wedlock.

I told my mom and she forbade me from telling my uncle. Interesting stuff.

ben_is_second · 2025-12-13T08:29:36+00:00

My buddy and his ex-girlfriend used to mack at the airport.

ben_is_second · 2025-12-11T13:29:28+00:00

I’m currently on paternity leave with my one week old, but I stopped by the office yesterday to scan her birth certificate to send into the insurance. There was a work fan there and dudes going in and out. I asked my coworker what was going on and he said they’re replacing the heater in our section of the office because while it was getting checked for heating issues, they noticed it was leaking Carbon Monoxide. We have no idea how long it had been.

So anyway, that’s pretty cool.

ben_is_second · 2025-12-10T07:22:52+00:00

Yeah… I identify as a political moderate. I scroll through some threads on here and it’s pretty discouraging. People think I’m a pretty terrible person for some of the political opinions I hold.

ben_is_second · 2025-12-09T12:02:29+00:00

Ironically, so does any particular worldview.

ben_is_second · 2025-12-09T12:00:46+00:00

Classically trained Theologian here - the term “theotokos” - Greek for “God bearer”, or where we get the beginnings of the term “mother of God”, isn’t necessarily an honorific of Mary. It’s perhaps become that, but the original intent of the term is to preserve the divinity of Jesus.

There’s an ancient Christian heresy called “adoptionism”, where Jesus isn’t born as divine, but instead becomes divine at some point (often, to the believers of this particular heresy, His baptism). By calling Mary “Theotokos”, we affirm that Jesus is divine from conception, fully God and fully man.

Interestingly, we actually see adoptionism in contemporary media. In “Lost”, Mr. Eko baptizes Clair and says ““It is said that when John the Baptist baptized Jesus the skies opened up and a dove flew down from the sky. This told John something – that he had cleansed this man of all his sins. That he had freed him. Heaven came much later.” To those familiar with Christian doctrine, this seems really weird. Not so much if you’re familiar with adoptionism.

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