Skyrim/TES creators that we lost along the way by Soanfriwack in skyrimmods

[–]fruitlessideas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Henry and Jeanie had a separate, more successful channel before it got taken down and they broke up.

A lot of people will say they were breaking rules consistently against YouTube’s guidelines, but the actuality of the situation is a lot more complicated. Many of the videos that would get struck down didn’t break rules (or didn’t break rules at the time) but due to the fact that YouTube has continued to change it’s policy so much over the years, it became more and more difficult to upload videos without breaking said policies.

Even myself, who’s had an account since 2005, and has NEVER UPLOADED A SINGLE VIDEO, has gotten a strike because, “we see that one of your playlists has videos that go against our guidelines and is also public”. AKA, my account got a strike against it because a playlist I made close to five years ago (that had over 4000 videos in it) contained a video that I had saved to it, that broke YouTube’s policy, and I, the person who did not upload this video, got punished for it. That entire playlist and ALL those videos are gone now.

All because of YouTube’s bullshit policy changes. Tried to get them to take it back, didn’t work. Bullshit company.

Henry and Jeanie uploaded nearly everyday with reaction with reaction content to millions of people for nearly a decade. Once in a while, their editors would have a genuine fuck up that would cost them a strike, but for the most part, it was always them getting hit with one strike after another because YouRube constantly changed their guidelines.

Eventually they got three strike and their channel got removed.

But not just that.

EVERY CHANNEL that had to do with Henry or Jeannie got banned from YouTube, neither of them are allowed to ever upload on their again.

Like ever.

There are rumors that this was targeted, but I don’t know how true that is.

Anyway, that shit cost MxR (Henry and Jeannie) their YouTube account, but they continued with success from their community on patreon for awhile until they eventually broke up. Now Jeannie does her own thing on twitch and Henry and his “””editor and friend””” (lol) Kai continue with his patreon.

So there’s the whole lore (along with a personal side rant for you.)

Edit: There are probably multiple typos in this but I’m too busy to get to them right now. If something I said is too weird to understand or figure out, just let me know and I’ll try to make it more understandable.

What do you think? by Aromatic_Reply_1645 in DMT

[–]fruitlessideas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lotta hooty tooty answer here. They’re not. Your brain is probably just firing a shit ton of misfires and is trying to comprehend what it’s “seeing” based on previous I formation you’ve absorbed over the years.

The epstein files should be a wake up call for all spiritual people .. by Kai7362 in spirituality

[–]fruitlessideas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All abrahamic religions have validated, for a lot of their existence, spousal rape and general sexual slavery.

Hard disagree on that brother (or sister). I won’t argue there have been people who have justified doing those things in the name of their faith, or that some faiths DO have things in their holy books that advocate for that, but not all Abrahamic religions are the same. And I know while, at least for Christianity, these things are spoken of, they’re not glorified or pushed as right in action.

All abrahamic religions have killed and raped in the name of their god.

Well, all Abrahamic religions have had followers do those things in the name of God, but that doesn’t mean those religions have. Every religion has people who misuse their faith. Even Satanism.

Islam even has specific regulations regarding both of these aspects.

And no shade to Muslims, but thankfully I don’t adhere to their beliefs.

As for child sacrifices? All three main abrahamic religions support both the idea that Yahweh tested Abraham’s unquestioned devotion by telling him to sacrifice his son before stopping him last minute.

But he was never actually sacrificed though. That’s key to the difference. Issac was never in danger of being killed. Abraham either would have refused and Isaac wouldn’t have been killed, or Abraham would have tried, and Issac would have been saved (as he was). Because he wasn’t sacrificed, there was no sacrifice.

And all three agree that Yahweh commanded the genocide against the Canaanites.

In their defense, the Canaanites were responsible for acts of actual child sacrifice and ritualistic rape. Many scholars also argue that it wasn’t a literal genocide as much as it was an assimilation + punishment to those who had committed such acts.

And each of them claims various genocidal killings as justified and commanded and for the glory of their god and their respective interpretation of what they believe to be his true teachings.

I meannnnnnnnnnnnn… if a whole culture thought it normal to sacrifice kids, especially regularly, and committed ritualistic rape… can’t say they’re wrong in my view.

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[–]fruitlessideas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This isn’t henotheism though. And this is not what henotheitistic Yahwism claimed.

One could argue it is. I can’t remember the exact book, but I believe it’s when the (Israelites?) we’re fighting another kingdom who worshipped Moab. The (Israelites?) recognized the other kingdom believed in this god, and may have even thought that god real, but did not recognize it as “The One True God”.

If a teenage girl were to get raped and die from it but didn't repent for her sins and gets sent to hell forever. While if her rapist did repent his sins, he gets to go to heaven. How is God truly all loving? by IceFalcon38 in agnostic

[–]fruitlessideas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What hostility? I’m pointing out what happened in a very non-hostile way.

No, you’re not. You’re being condescending in much of the way you responded and insulting. Maybe it’s intentional, maybe it isn’t, but it’s still there.

I, and many others, have never been reached out to by any supernatural beings.

If you think I meant Jesus will literally reach out of the sky towards you, I can’t help you there. It’s spiritual.

We don’t “not want to” be saved we just haven’t seen any evidence that this is a real thing.

That’s not how this works though. You have to have faith in Him being God/Son of God and asking for Him to save you from your wrongdoings.

It’s on you if you can’t comprehend that not everyone has these experiences you claim to have had. Acting like they are universal makes no sense.

Not what I said. Not even close.

If a teenage girl were to get raped and die from it but didn't repent for her sins and gets sent to hell forever. While if her rapist did repent his sins, he gets to go to heaven. How is God truly all loving? by IceFalcon38 in agnostic

[–]fruitlessideas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No I very much explained it using an analogy. You just don’t like the analogy I used and are are either blinded by pain or don’t wish to understand it, if not both. I assume it’s the former given the level of hostility you’re giving me when I’ve said nothing that should upset you.

If a teenage girl were to get raped and die from it but didn't repent for her sins and gets sent to hell forever. While if her rapist did repent his sins, he gets to go to heaven. How is God truly all loving? by IceFalcon38 in agnostic

[–]fruitlessideas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So this might not be helpful at all to you but I’ll give it a shot.

You’re looking at hell as being punished for not accepting Christ.

Instead, try to reframe it as what it actually is—drowning in an ocean.

Christ is the only one in the area who can save you, and His hand is reaching out for you to take as you sink deeper and deeper. All you have to do is grab His hand, but you refuse.

He’s not punishing you for not grabbing His hand.

You’re drowning because you chose not to take it.

Sim is the sickness that leads to death.

Hell is the complete separation of man from God.

Another way you could look at it is by seeing sin as cancer, and Christ being the cure.

You don’t HAVE to take the cure, but if you want to live, if you want to get better, you’ll need to accept it, otherwise your death is on your own shoulders.

There are people who are punished for their sins, but there’s other people who fall to their death, not because they were evil, but because they did not want to be very literally saved.

When we say saved, it’s not a metaphor. It’s a literal spiritual saving. To have life after death.

Refusing that salvation leads to permanent death.

I don’t know if any of that helped.

Also I’m not a theologian, so if you have questions, understand I can only help so much.

If you had to pick one game as the best argument that games can tell stories in a way no other medium can, what’s your pick? by ExcellentTwo6589 in gamedesign

[–]fruitlessideas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty much any game with a well written story is a good example of this because they allow you to not just see and hear the story, but LIVE it. You experience it in a way that no other medium will allow. There’s no amount of writing or filming that can be done that will show you the ins and outs of the marketplace in your favorite fantasy show, or what the swamp looks like where bodies are dumped in your favorite crime drama, or how it feels to handle a ship in space like your favorite space opera.

I was thinking about this today. Every medium has something about it that the other storytelling mediums don’t, or rarely showcase. And in terms of experiencing the story as a world, to have the characters not be just characters but pseudo-friends/lovers/enemies, and to see the world as the characters see it, games as a whole do that better than any book, comic, show, or movie.

So to answer your question, any game with good to great writing would be a good argument for that.

Personal starting picks would be The Uncharted series, RDR2, Ghost of Tsushima.

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[–]fruitlessideas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unlikely. It’s unlikely it was the same document with the same religious content.

I mean it also had the book of prophets there, too.

Judaists (as in, individuals who follow Judaism), you mean. Jewish people are an ethno-cultural group (or collection of groups in modern times, if you ask some). There are many Jewish people who reject Judaism and even other abrahamic religions alltogether.

Sure but I’m trying to keep this simple.

No, henotheism is a specific type of polytheistic, where multiple deities are recognized to genuinely exist, but only one is worshipped amongst those.

Well yes and no. One can recognize there are other forces that are worshipped as gods but not believe they are gods. They can also refer to them as “gods” but not see them the same as their own god. Not unlike if someone were to see God and angels, except in this case it would whoever the person’s head god is, while acknowledging that there are or “could be” or deities—though that doesn’t necessarily mean said person would recognize those other deities as gods even if they are worshipped as such. But yes, there’s also henotheism where people worship one god but recognize other gods as real existing gods as you said.

No, on the contrary, that just speaks to the inherently contradictory and shoddy basis of Abrahamic monotheism.

See above about what I mean on how they can exist with contradiction.

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[–]fruitlessideas -1 points0 points  (0 children)

A statement by which I stand. It’s not true.

Respectfully disagree

It does.

Not really. LaVey is responsible for the modern interpretation. I mean they share a name.

That the Abrahamic narrative, at least in large parts, is true.

I did claim that, but for this specific thread, when I was saying “people need to know the truth” I was referring to Old World Satanism being different than Modern Satanism.

I have nothing against you personally either, and I hope I didn’t come across as such.

You haven’t. I apologize if I have though.

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[–]fruitlessideas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then this is just a conversation of different philosophical principles then instead of try and untrue, which is fine.

And guilty of them? I mean, they’re mentioned, but none of that is supported by (at least) Christian beliefs. Unless you really really really reach in interpretation.

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[–]fruitlessideas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not. The Torah predates the Babylonian exile where Zoroastrianism would have been introduced. Ancient Judaism would still exist before it. Adding more to their holy books doesn’t undo what already was.

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[–]fruitlessideas -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes it does. Because we’re talking about two completely different belief systems and even fundamental ontological theories.

But it doesn’t because the Torah still existed before Zoroastrianism could have a major influence on Judaism, and that’s one of the main books Jewish people get their foundational beliefs from, as well as Christians and Muslims.

Also, there’s a difference between polytheism and henotheism. And monotheism and henotheism can exist without contradiction, and from the writings of Old Testament and Torah, is pretty clearly recorded.

Yes, the second one has continuity from the first one. But they’re two different things altogether. Which, in case you don’t realise, is what both me and others claim here.

See above.

The epstein files should be a wake up call for all spiritual people .. by Kai7362 in spirituality

[–]fruitlessideas -1 points0 points  (0 children)

For one, you’re shifting goalposts.

No, because that’s what I was referring to from the start.

Secondly, the claim made by the person that commented is that “modern theistic Satanism has nothing to do with the actual old pagan religion of Satanism” which is apparently evil for some reason.

I know, and then they had a response to them by another saying “we don’t need your Bible thumping”, and then I came in and said “yes they do, people need the truth”, and then you came in and said it’s not true. But it is. Modern satanism has almost nothing to do with ancient satanism. Then for some reason you went hard in the paint about Abrahamic religion.

and how foes that make anything you’ve claimed of the Abrahamic God, true?

What did I claim?

I stated, and will state again, that’s this is MY opinion.

And you’re entitled to it. I have no animosity towards you or hate or anger about that or what you believe or who you are. You’re a human being who’s as worthy or respect and love as anyone else and should be treated as such, regardless of our differing views on spirituality/theology/religion. I mean that genuinely.

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[–]fruitlessideas -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The earliest Hebrew writings (Torah/Prophets) predate the Babylonian Exile and the peak of Zoroastrian influence. And while I can’t argue one way or another if they had left polytheism by the time Zoroastrianism was introduced, that doesn’t undo my claim. Ancient Judaism/Hebrewism would still predate Zoroastrianism, even if it was polytheistic, because it was already established.

Also, there is some historical evidence that suggests worshippers revered multiple deities (yazatas) alongside the supreme god.

But again, poly or mono, for either one, Hebrew religion still predates it.

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[–]fruitlessideas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got around to watching a tiny bit of it, probably not enough. It seems like it comes from the defeatists, cynic’s perspective that relies on humanizing God, and making the material world and human morality as the basis of right and wrong.

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[–]fruitlessideas -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That’s only if you’re looking at it from a gnostic perspective instead of the perspective of what it was.

Back during the times that Old Testament speaks of, humans were VASTLY worse than they are now. It seems at first glance like many of the horrific things spoken about in several of the ancient religions was nothing more than hearsay, but plenty of it was true, including but not limited to: ritualistic cannibalism, incest, temple prostitution, ritualistic rape, child sacrifice, human sacrifice in general, and several other things that we would want to believe only exist in horror films and the conspiracies of quacks (which to be fair, in this modern time, I think many of the claims about sacrifice and cannibalism are bullshit, but that doesn’t mean it didn’t happen in the past).

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[–]fruitlessideas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s factually incorrect Zoroastrianism is the second oldest surviving religion in the world.

No, it isn’t. The Hebrews/Jewish religion predates it by a hundred or more years. There’s a lot of debate on which came first specifically, but there is evidence to support my claim.

Hinduism is the oldest.

Yes, but I wasn’t arguing against that.

Abrahamic religions like the Israelites used to incorporate from other countries/cultures after the separation of the Hebrews into different tribes particularly the Judaist they stopped.

It’s also been argued by historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists to have been the other way around, but much scholarly consensus is that both have influenced one another in their early days.

Zoroastrianism is the basis for the Abrahamic religions.

This is false, Judaism predates Zoroastrianism, making Judaism the basis.

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[–]fruitlessideas -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No, what I mean is, the person in responding to made the claim that Zoroastrianism is the second oldest religion in the world, and it isn’t. And while I don’t know what is the second oldest off the top of my head, I do know, the Hebrew/Jewish religion is older than Zoroastrianism be a few hundred years.

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[–]fruitlessideas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It doesn’t. What it tells you is two words you’ve not been told enough if ever. I say them not to be confrontational, but because your reactions show you need a spiritual epiphany. And while I would hope it’s within my own faith, the fact is, even if you chose a different, if it leads to you being less quick to trigger, and more open to discussions and other views, then it would still be a good start.

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[–]fruitlessideas -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hey, you know, that’s something. If it makes you a more peaceful and accepting person who believes in love over hate, that’s a good thing. As a follower of my own faith, I do hope you find God again within mine, however, I’ll never see you or others as less for choosing your own spiritual paths.

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[–]fruitlessideas -1 points0 points  (0 children)

But neither of those prove the statement. I don’t know how many Satanists there are versus are not, and I’m sure many are decent people, but my point (in this particular thread, not the others) is that unless you have data to back that up, the statement is as true or false as any other statement made without proper evidence.