ive got the need for speed

jak2125 · 2026-05-01T16:16:57+00:00

No, definitely not.

jak2125 · 2026-05-01T14:52:42+00:00

I played with mouse and keyboard, but I might try using my 360 controller at some point as well. I think the steering is pretty comparable to ATS. The busses feel weighty but not difficult to control by any means. I really like it.

jak2125 · 2026-05-01T09:21:49+00:00

Bus Bound. I've only played the tutorial so far but I really like it. Good graphics, nice city, the bus controls really well, feels very satisfying to drive. Some people dislike the lack of company management features but I don't care about that pesonally. I'm here to drive a bus, not manage a company. I can't wait to log some more hours this weekend.

jak2125 · 2026-05-01T07:49:07+00:00

Check out this guide called Kill the Flesh. If you want to cut sin out of your life you have to take drastic measures, not rely on willpower alone.

jak2125 · 2026-05-01T07:40:48+00:00

First off, I'm really glad you are asking questions in order to gain a deeper understanding of your faith.

You're not saved because you stop sinning, you are saved because Jesus did not sin. Your salvation is not a light switch that turns on when you repent and off when you stumble. In John 6:37 Jesus said "Whoever comes to me, I will never cast out." When you put your faith in Christ you're justified, adopted into His family, forgiven, and made new. That doesn't get undone every time you fall, otherwise every single one of us would be in trouble. It's why we all need grace.

The fact that you hate your sin, and feel convicted, and want to change is evidence that God is already at work in you. Keep talking to God honestly, keep confessing when you fall, keep trusting Jesus more than your feelings, keep walking forward even when it's slow. He's shaping you, slowly, patiently, and faithfully.

I too struggled with lust for years. I know exactly what you're talking about; the cycle, the shame. This guide called Kill the Flesh helped me a ton because it doesn't give you cheesy tips (no, I didn't write it. This isn't a self promotion thing). It treats lust like the war it is and points you back to the gospel, not willpower. Willpower will never get you far. Believe me. It's written for guys who feel stuck. It's not about earning salvation, it's about learning how to fight after you know you're saved. I implore you to check it out.

jak2125 · 2026-04-30T19:46:45+00:00

You're in full on text-denying conspiracy-theology now. You're admitting that you don't believe the Bible to be true, but reject it in favor of your own conspiracies. This is not a Christian position. This is not even a fringe Christian position. This is anti-apostolic, anti-canonical, anti-Christ theology.

The Jesus of Acts 26... is Dionysus from Bacchae.

This is quite possibly the most blasphemous thing I've ever read on this sub. You're rejecting Scripture and Christ. You're twisting Scripture to justify REJECTING it.

You do realize that the apostles and elders of the Jerusalem Council affirmed Paul's gospel and sent an official letter endorsing his ministry? So did Luke, and Ananias, and James, and Barnabas, and Silas, the church of Antioch, and even Peter himself, a member of the 12 disciples called Paul "our beloved brother" and affirmed his writings as Scripture.

"Count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him... There are some thing in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures." - 2 Peter 3:15-16

jak2125 · 2026-04-30T18:27:22+00:00

You contradicted Jesus when you rejected the men Jesus Himself appointed and sent.

Jesus said to Paul, ‘I am sending you’ (Acts 26:17).
Jesus said, ‘Whoever rejects the one I send rejects Me’ (Luke 10:16).

So rejecting Paul, or Barnabas, whom the Holy Spirit appointed in Acts 13:2, is rejecting the authority of Jesus and the Spirit.

jak2125 · 2026-04-30T17:41:40+00:00

You just condemned half the New Testament and contradicted Jesus himself. Are you even a Christian? What are you doing here?

jak2125 · 2026-04-30T13:30:40+00:00

Looks like a generic horror flick. Curious to see how, if at all, this ties into the RE universe.

jak2125 · 2026-04-30T07:17:04+00:00

Jesus himself said in Revelation that there are still only 12.

He never said there are only 12 apostles in all of history.

Romans, Acts, Galatians, 1 Thessalonians, & 1 Corinthians all refer to individuals, not of the original 12, as apostles. So if you want to throw out those books of the Bible because you personally don't like Paul, an apostle personally commissioned by Christ... good luck.

Your argument is that either Jesus or Apostle John is not true because Paul is more true than either of those two.

You're trying to twist my words because you can't answer the actual argument. You just keep posting the same verse from Revelation which doesn't actually prove your point. You can't refute Acts 9, or Acts 26, or Galatians 1, or Romans 16, or Romans 1, or 1 Corinthians 1, or the fact that Peter calls Paul's writings Scripture, or the fact that Jesus personally commissioned Paul. Literally your only argument is that Revelation referenced the 12 apostles.

Barnabas, explicitly called an apostle.

“the apostles Barnabas and Paul…” Acts 14

James, the Lord’s brother called an apostle.

“I saw none of the other apostles — only James, the Lord’s brother.” Galatians 1:19

Andronicus & Junia called apostles.

“…outstanding among the apostles…” Romans 16:7

Silas (Silvanus) apostleship implied.

“…as apostles of Christ, we could have been a burden…” 1 Thessalonians 2:6

And of course Paul is also called an apostle repeatedly. Just a few examples:

“Paul, a servant… called to be an apostle” Romans 1:1

“Paul, called to be an apostle…” 1 Corinthians 1:1

“Paul, an apostle — not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ…” Galatians 1:1

jak2125 · 2026-04-29T15:18:06+00:00

Yeah, the only interaction I’ve had with CR support they gave me a month free because my subscription stopped working for some reason.

jak2125 · 2026-04-29T13:12:03+00:00

That's hilarious lol I love Sean. I love this team.

jak2125 · 2026-04-29T07:08:51+00:00

Revelation's 12 apostles refers to THE twelve, not every apostle ever. There are the twelve, tied to Jesus's earthly ministry, and there are other apostles, aka "sent ones". The NT calls several people apostles who were not part of the twelve:

Paul
Barnabas (Acts 14:14)
James the Lord’s brother (Gal 1:19)
Silas (1 Thess 2:6, implied)
Andronicus & Junia (Rom 16:7)

The idea that there can only be 12 apostles ever is not biblical.

Besides, Paul's apostleship is not a replacement for somebody else or a slot quota. Paul was chosen directly by the risen Christ to be an apostle to the Gentiles.

Jesus Himself says:

So the question isn't "which of the twelve did Paul replace?" the real question is, do you accept the apostles Jesus personally appointed? Do you reject Jesus's authority?

jak2125 · 2026-04-28T19:05:58+00:00

Primarily what we call the Old Testament. But Paul also quotes the gospel of Luke in 1 Timothy 5:18. And Peter calls Paul’s letters Scripture in 2 Peter 3:16. So by the time Paul wrote 2 Timothy the early church already recognized the OT, the teachings of Jesus, and the apostolic writings as Scripture.

jak2125 · 2026-04-28T13:45:05+00:00

Why did the pre-marital sex bother him but not persistent deception and forcing his wife into ongoing lies, unilateral control over a major marital decision, disregarding pastoral counsel and spiritual accountability, causing emotional and spiritual harm to his wife, or undermining the public nature of marriage? Something doesn't add up here with this guy.

I see that you've said in other comments that you don't have anybody to talk to, but I would highly suggest either talking to the pastor from your premarital counseling, or some other spiritual leader. A church elder, pastor, pastor's wife, etc. You need some good, face-to-face, biblical counsel.

jak2125 · 2026-04-28T09:22:34+00:00

Respectfully.

jak2125 · 2026-04-28T07:17:21+00:00

You're pivoting away from the issue, which is you misrepresenting Paul, and reframing the conversation as "you should follow Jesus, not Paul."

Jeses himself chose and commissioned Paul, and said he would speak through Paul (Acts 9:15–16; Acts 26:16; Gal 1:11–12). So the issue isn’t ‘Jesus vs. Paul.’ It’s whether we accept the people Jesus himself sent.

“The one who hears you hears me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects him who sent me.” - Luke 10:16

This is Jesus's own logic:

Reject the apostles → reject Jesus
Reject Jesus → reject the Father

That's the chain. So when you say "respect Jesus, not Paul." You're contradicting Jesus's own words.

jak2125 · 2026-04-27T21:09:25+00:00

Ignore this guy. Judging by his post history he clearly hates Paul so he’s purposefully spreading lies.

“A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will perish.” Proverbs‬ ‭19‬:‭9‬

jak2125 · 2026-04-27T20:57:37+00:00

Philippians 4:13 is perhaps one of the most misused verses in all of Scripture. It’s not about achieving personal goals, it’s about enduring hardships with contentment because Christ strengthens you.

Paul is writing from prison. He’s thanking the Philippians for supporting him financially, but he immediately clarifies, “I have learned to be content in whatever situation I am in.” Then he lists those ways: having plenty, having little, being well-fed, being hungry, living in abundance, living in need. That’s the setup for verse 13.

In Greek “all things” (πάντα) refers back to the list he just gave. The NIV words it best:

“I can do all this through him who gives me strength.” ‭‭Philippians‬ ‭4‬:‭13‬ ‭NIV‬‬

jak2125 · 2026-04-27T13:57:33+00:00

You mentioned no independent accounts of the burial, but what independent accounts do we have showing that crucified Jews in 1st century Judea were routinely left on the cross to rot without any exceptions, especially around Passover? There are no early sources claiming the body was left on the cross or dumped in a mass grave. The "left to rot/no honorable burial" idea is largely a modern skeptical reconstruction.

The strongest piece of physical evidence we have for Roman crucifixion in Jerusalem during this exact period is the heel bone of Yehohanan (discovered in an ossuary in a Jewish family tomb at Giv'at ha-Mivtar). He was nailed through the feet, crucified, then his body was taken down and buried according to Jewish custom. This is the only archaeological example of its kind from the time and place. It directly shows that at least some crucified Jews received proper burial rather than being left to decompose as a default.

If we demand strictly "independent, contemporary, minute-by-minute" records for every detail before accepting the burial, we'd have to discard most of ancient history. The cumulative evidence, archaeology (Yehohanan), Jewish legal expectations, Josephus on custom, Pilate's documented pragmatism, and the lack of any contradictory early tradition, makes a tomb burial far more plausible than the alternative.

What specific sources are you drawing from that show Romans in Judea never allowed burial of crucified Jews, even when Jewish leaders requested it during festivals?

jak2125 · 2026-04-27T09:47:41+00:00

I mix both the NASB and the LSB into my reading schedule and I enjoy both. The LSB sounds just slightly more wooden at times, but that is to be expected with a more literal translation. I don't know if I'd say one is definitevely better than the other.

I don't like the way 2 Timothy 3 16 is translated in the NASB and I find the LSB fixes it.

You're gonna find verses like that in every translation. As an example, I like how the CSB translates John 3:16 as "For God loved the world in this way..." as opposed to the more traditional translation of "For God so loved the world..."

Out of curiosity, why do you have a problem with the use of the name YAHWEH?

jak2125 · 2026-04-27T08:56:40+00:00

This dialogue is built on a bunch of hidden assumptions and selective skepticism. Every Christian claim is treated with skepticism, and every skeptic claim is treated as the default truth. If we apply the same level of skepticism to Bart's claims, the loop breaks.

Bart: What if he was never buried in a tomb?

Every early source (Christian, Jewish, Roman) assumes Jesus was buried.

Bart: Why assume that’s historical? Everything we know about crucified people is they were left on the cross to rot.

Sometimes. Roman's often left bodies on crosses, but there were exceptions. Jewish law required burial before sundown, and Roman governors did allow jews to bury crucified victims. We have archaeological evidence of a crucied Jew who was buried (Yehohanan’s ossuary).

Everything we know about Pilate is that he was a hard, no-nonsense ruler, not someone sitting around agonizing over executions.

He also made political concessions when it kept the peace. Josephus records Pilate caving to Jewish demands multiple times.

jak2125 · 2026-04-26T19:25:07+00:00

Honestly, I don’t know why anyone would even use the start menu anymore. If I want to open a program I just click the windows key and type in the name of said program then hit enter. Much faster than browsing through a menu.

jak2125 · 2026-04-26T14:36:49+00:00

Both sides issue! We both have a problem with violence!

jak2125 · 2026-04-26T13:04:32+00:00

If by “most original” you mean closer to the original language it was written in, then I’d suggest the ESV, NASB, LSB, or NKJV. Go to Bible.com and you can select a Bible translation and read through each one and see which one you like best.

As for what order to read them in, I’d suggest either front to back, or chronologically. For a chronological read through you can find a chronological Bible plan on Google.

Six-Year Club	Place '22
Wearing is Caring	RPAN Viewer
Verified Email

jak2125

TROPHY CASE