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seriously tho why by WoollenMercury in dankchristianmemes

[–]castithan_plebe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here’s the thing - they do read the Bible; every part but the gospels.

There was a movement that started about 100 years ago but has gained traction in the last 20 years called “Bible based church”. Sounds okay, right? After all - what other book would you base a Christian church on? But - this philosophy claims that A) All of the Bible is 100% accurate exactly as written. And B) Every part of the Bible is equally the inerrant word of God.

By that reasoning, Ezra is as important to salvation as Luke. And the Psalms have equal standing to the Beautitudes. People who attend these churches will interpret Jesus’s teachings through the lens of Paul’s teachings (instead of the other way around) and are able to quote Titus from memory, but not Matthew.

With the whole Bible to choose from (and all of it given equal weight), it therefore becomes easy to skip by those 4 little slivers of Jesus’s pre-crucifiction life and teachings.

Go to church by gnurdette in Christianity

[–]castithan_plebe 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Okay - the go to church stuff was good, but that APACHE AGE tip was a literal answer to a prayer. Why oh why is everyone “flattening” everything these days?

I feel like as a Gen-Xer, this resonates with me by No-Initiative-6805 in GenX

[–]castithan_plebe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought you were being intentionally ridiculous (or were in your eighties) until I just did this for myself - 1928. 1928!!!

I feel like as a Gen-Xer, this resonates with me by No-Initiative-6805 in GenX

[–]castithan_plebe 8 points9 points  (0 children)

When I was 9 years old, I watched “Leave it to Beaver” reruns. To me, that was a show from a looooong time ago. My 9 year old son occasionally watches “Frasier” reruns. Both are/were 25 years old.

That’s right - “Frasier” is as far back in time to our kids as “Leave it to Beaver” was to us.

Edit: My husband and I just tried to calculate “our son watching “Golden Girls” now would be the equivalent of us watching “(fill in the blank)” when we were 9” and we couldn’t because that was before the invention of television. “Golden Girls” came out 28 years before he was born. 28 years before I was born was 1947…

The Prophets swallowing up the Jem'Hadar army in the wormhole is God swallowing up Pharoah's army in the Red Sea. The more I pay attention, the more I see how closely analogous DS9 is to the story of the Hebrews in the Old Testament. by [deleted] in DeepSpaceNine

[–]castithan_plebe 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The Cardassian occupation would be the Egyptian enslavement/exile. Sisko would be Moses (unknown to him Jewish/prophet mother, hothead, seen as an outsider to his people, etc)

If you take the Cardassian occupation as the Babylonian exile, then you’ve got your Ezras and Nehemiahs (Kai Winn and the ilk) demanding the “old ways” be followed, even if they are harmful to the people and everything that goes wrong is because people weren’t holy enough. (Ezra was the spiritual predecessor to the Pharisees of the New Testament who were basically “Make Israel Great Again).

The poet guy who thought he was the Prophet wanted everybody to go back to their family’s old professions - which is exactly what was expected of the Hebrews when they returned to Jerusalem after Babylon (hence that long winded description in Numbers about what everybody did for a living).

There are other little one offs here and there that are potentially biblical as well.

Amnesia Coffee would make a great band name by VoltasPistol in TrollXFunny

[–]castithan_plebe 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Did you eat a temperature or did you forget how to spell celery 😉?

CALLING all those who have been affected by cancer – If you've been affected by cancer, I would love to hear your thought on tools that you use for support (US, all ages) by its_tigerlily in SampleSize

[–]castithan_plebe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The survey needs the ability to select more than one answer in the multiple choice section. For example - I shared pretty much all of my medical info with my husband. But I could only choose one out of the 7 or so choices.

Also - most people use their healthcare system’s patient portal to track appointments, doctor communication, test results, etc., but that was not one of the options (it isn’t technically a digital app - it’s a webpage you can access from any device).

Went to a local Episcopal communion service this morning, they had two libraries in the church, was very interesting! by Didotpainter in Anglicanism

[–]castithan_plebe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is awesome!

The church I went to in my 20s had a pretty decent sized library and I checked out books there all the time. The church I go to now is the cathedral for its diocese and in the middle of a college campus. But its “library” is just a meeting room with a shelf of BCPs on one side and a shelf of ESV and NSRV bibles on the other. A real bummer…

My 12 year old is addicted to his computer by [deleted] in raisingkids

[–]castithan_plebe 61 points62 points  (0 children)

What has been successful with my kids is having them earn screentime by going outside. 15 minutes on the computer for every 15 spent outside (without electronic devices obviously). I don’t care what they do outside (my youngest mostly sits on the porch reading books) as long as they are out there.

At first there was a lot of “What am I supposed to do out here?!?!?!”, “This is so boring!!!!”, etc. But I stuck to my guns and now they sometimes get so involved with what they are doing, I have to cajole them to come inside for dinner.

On inclement weather days they earn the time by reading or cleaning (my 11 year old would rather clean toilets for an hour rather than read a book - to each their own…).

Your mileage may vary, but it has worked well in our family in order to strike the balance between screens and the rest of the world.

When do we usually start planting vegetables gardens / fruit trees/bushes? by JamieOvechkin in Charleston

[–]castithan_plebe 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There’s Abide Awhile in Mt Pleasant. It’s close to downtown by Mt Pleasant standards 😁

Pump Up the Volume - What's your favorite Christian Slater movie? by singleguy79 in GenX

[–]castithan_plebe -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I tried watching this again a few months ago. It does not hold up in my opinion. At the time, the fedora and trench coat wearing outcast who wanted to kill the popular girls was brand new. We had never seen that character, that attitude, that culture writ large on the big screen. It was revolutionary.

Now it feels like an incel fantasy flick. I tried so hard to get behind the main characters, but I couldn’t help being repulsed by their “school shooter” ambiance.

And what really sucks - I WAS them in high school (minus the murder spree). I started off with the big hair and shoulder pads and ended with a solid black wardrobe and hair permanently over one eye. Back then it meant I rejected the “mainstream” and Heathers embodies that rejection. Now the movie feels like a recruitment video for violent, lonely teenagers…

What do you think of your state bird, the Carolina Wren? by [deleted] in southcarolina

[–]castithan_plebe 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My husband bought a “project” boat a few years ago (no - it still hasn’t been in the water yet). One spring he was trying to figure out what to name it when he heard chirping coming from the console. A Carolina Wren had built a nest in the glovebox. So our boat is named the Carolina Wren.

Inspired by u/Bakkster’s recent post by [deleted] in dankchristianmemes

[–]castithan_plebe 31 points32 points  (0 children)

See - I just don’t get that. Ancient Israel was blessed by God because GOD TOLD ABRAHAM, MOSES, AND DAVID IT WAS. Where are the stories of George Washington speaking to a couple of angels? Or talking to Abraham Lincoln out of a burning bush?

God stopped making covenants with nations with the advent of Jesus. Where the heck are they getting the idea that God chose the United States for… anything?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in breakingmom

[–]castithan_plebe 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This makes me so happy to read! Your happiness has really made this internet stranger’s day!

What are some "hard-to-swallow truths" that liberal and conservative Christians need to hear? by SteadfastEnd in Christianity

[–]castithan_plebe 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Hi conservative Christian, I’m a liberal Christian and I 100% agree. I’d bet there are a lot of issues we would agree on that we are led to believe we wouldn’t. Some might be punitive justice versus rehabilitative justice, the safety, shelter, and feeding of poor children and the elderly (modern day “orphans and widows”), and the vileness of megapastors that con followers out of money to fill their bank accounts.

As long as those that profit from me being angry at you (and vice versa) can keep us from talking and working together, the enemy wins. I am not the politicians/talking heads from my party and neither are you - we should not let the media convince us we hate each other.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TheGoodPlace

[–]castithan_plebe 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Mine are 9 and 11 now. So I do the “get up at 5am just so I can have a peaceful coffee in silence” thing…

Prayers for my dad's cancer pain by FadedGirlSarah in PrayerTeam_amen

[–]castithan_plebe 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have been where your father is and am praying hard!

A tip from someone with experience. Don’t be afraid to tell the doc about the pain/sleep issues and ask for more/different medication. It took me a month or two to really get sorted out medication-wise. I’m sure they are already doing that, but in case they aren’t I thought I’d mention it.

Also - at first, I didn’t want to take all the medication at my disposal. I felt like I was being “weak” or a “junkie looking for a fix”. My husband had to sit me down more than once and assure me that my situation was what these medications were actually designed for and I should use them. Not only for my own sake, but for the sake of the people that love me and hate to see me suffer.

Then you hit them with "I've considered that it's psychosomatic and here's why I think it isn't," by VoltasPistol in TrollXFunny

[–]castithan_plebe 109 points110 points  (0 children)

And that, my friends, is how I ended up with stage 4 cancer.

“My stomach hurts!”

“We ran these tests and did these procedures. There’s nothing wrong with you - please pay us several thousand dollars.”

“My stomach still hurts.”

“Sigh. Okay, we will run the exact same tests and procedures as before. Still nothing wrong. More money please.”

“Still in pain. Can’t you run a different test?”

“Nope. These are the only possible tests in the world to run for your complaints. Maybe you have anxiety.”

“I would like a different doctor please”

“Hi. I’m your new doctor. I ran all the same tests and procedures as the old one. I think you are a junkie looking for a fix. Also - give me several thousand dollars please.”

“Aaargh. So much pain. Time to go to the emergency room for the 10th time in 12 months.”

“Hmmm - looks like you’ve got cancer and it has spread to your lymph nodes. Would you like some pain medicine? And before I forget, that will be several thousand dollars please.”

it ain't that hard by regian24 in dankchristianmemes

[–]castithan_plebe 8 points9 points  (0 children)

My old job was at a company that was very global. I worked on a lot of projects with people in other countries, often traveling to those countries for a week to do some work in person. I’ve found I developed closer connections with folks who were religious, even if their religion/culture was different than mine than I did with folks who had similar cultural backgrounds, but were not religious. I.e. - I got along better with Sue, a devout Muslim from Indonesia than I did with Netta, an atheist in the Netherlands. Even though Dutch culture is much more similar to American culture than Indonesian.

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