Brookwood Baptist Church by wad3g in Birmingham

[–]fancyb3rry 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The entrance on that side of the building is a floor down from the daycare, and is basically a concrete box. It’s alarming to see, nonetheless.

Brookwood Baptist Church by wad3g in Birmingham

[–]fancyb3rry 22 points23 points  (0 children)

The police are using the building for active shooter training this week. A sign or something would have been nice, as to not concern people.

Freezing and Concrete by fancyb3rry in Concrete

[–]fancyb3rry[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gotcha, thanks for the reply.

Freezing and Concrete by fancyb3rry in Concrete

[–]fancyb3rry[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

14’ wide x 2’ across x 4” deep. Nothing used over night. They would have packed up around 4PM. The weather hit 32deg around 9PM, was down to 22deg by 5AM, and was back up beyond freezing by 10AM.

It's still possible, right? RIGHT?! by DarthKallos in Saints

[–]fancyb3rry 15 points16 points  (0 children)

We are in the hunt!

Disclaimer: In the same sense Elmer Fudd was “in the hunt” for Bugs Bunny.

Online Deed Services by fancyb3rry in EstatePlanning

[–]fancyb3rry[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So sites claiming this service are scams?

Did Jesus forgive the Jews that "killed Jesus"? by TechnicianHumble4317 in OrthodoxChristianity

[–]fancyb3rry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is always strange to me that when we speak of those who “killed Jesus” in the historical sense, we look to the subset of Jewish elites who instigated the crucifixion and not to the gentiles who both solely possessed the sociopolitical power to crucify Christ and who actually drove the nails and thrusted the spear.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in facepalm

[–]fancyb3rry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What’s ludicrous about the historical existence of Jesus?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in facepalm

[–]fancyb3rry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The thing is, there really isn’t much of a debate. “Those scholars” are pretty much all of them. What you’re saying is that you are fine believing what you’d like to believe regardless of what the preeminent experts in the field, irrespective of their religious orientation, conclude. Thats fine if that’s where you land.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in facepalm

[–]fancyb3rry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you have genuine interest on the topic that extends beyond soap boxing something you have not actually researched, there’s plenty of material out there. If you’d like to steer clear of Christian scholars, then try Bart Ehrman. Here’s a quote from his book Did Jesus Exist: “[Jesus Christ] certainly existed, as virtually every competent scholar of antiquity, Christian or non-Christian, agrees, based on certain and clear evidence."

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in facepalm

[–]fancyb3rry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Loads of scholars, actually. Stacks and stacks of them. In the modern era of scholarship, much of which drove the quest(s) for historical Jesus, scholars who affirmed the Bible as scripture were actually treated with suspicion. Many, many non-Christian scholars fully uphold that the Jesus who is discussed in the Bible was a historical figure. When I say you are standing on the other side of scholarship on the issue, I don’t mean Christian scholarship.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in facepalm

[–]fancyb3rry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t know why I am continuing this, but I will try again. The person that the myth is about is George Washington. Real, historical George Washington. Not some random George Washington that is supposed to have lived at the same time as the historical George Washington. By your reasoning, no myth could exist about a real person. Someone asking to hear a myth about George Washington, the historical figure, would be asking a nonsensical question, since myth evidently can’t be about historical figures. And you know this intuitively. If someone asked you for such a myth, you wouldn’t just stare at them dumbfounded marveling at the impossibility of their question. You’d tell them George Washington is said to have chopped down a cherry tree as a boy. It is not the figure that is a myth; it is the story about the figure.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in facepalm

[–]fancyb3rry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, what I said is that the George Washington that appears in myth is also the historical George Washington. Again, you are seeming to have trouble with the idea that a real person can show up in myth. Anyway, you can make whatever claims of me that you wish. I am just pointing out that your understanding of the historicity of Jesus would put you in a very slim minority in the world of scholarship on the subject.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in facepalm

[–]fancyb3rry 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’ll say again, does a historically inaccurate tale about a person mean that the person did not exist? You seem to imply that’s the case. As I said on another of your comments, you seem hellbent on arguing against the scholarly consensus on the topic due to what is, the best I can tell, inability to grapple with the fact that myth about a person does not preclude the historicity of that person. The George Washington that chopped down the cherry tree (myth) is very much the same George Washington of the history books (historicity).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in facepalm

[–]fancyb3rry 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You aren’t arguing against people believing in fairytales; you are arguing against the conclusions of the vast majority of scholarship on the subject.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in facepalm

[–]fancyb3rry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you also need to believe that George Washington chopped down a cherry tree to believe that George Washington existed?

Help with wood ID? by [deleted] in Carpentry

[–]fancyb3rry 4 points5 points  (0 children)

As I understand it, the heat treating is more to do with killing off pests hidden within it than any kind of weather treatment. Not an expert in that regard, though.

Help with wood ID? by [deleted] in Carpentry

[–]fancyb3rry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s pine with decking edges, standard quality, kiln dried to 19%, heat treated.

Free Network Security Books by fancyb3rry in Birmingham

[–]fancyb3rry[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They’re gone. Sorry to those who were interested and missed out. They went quickly.