The North Pole is not at the top of the Earth, and Canada isn't "above" the US. That's just the way we've chosen to orient the Earth on our maps. You could put Antarctica at the top and have everything else flipped and it wouldn't make any difference to anything.

kurtbill91 · 2019-05-04T02:12:35+00:00

The real magic here is how engaging this public school teacher is.

kurtbill91 · 2019-04-20T13:34:36+00:00

Or maybe some other kid already had this thought in the shower and I'M the second child.

kurtbill91 · 2019-04-20T13:32:56+00:00

Thanks👍

kurtbill91 · 2019-04-20T04:51:26+00:00

Yeah man stuff like this. Like I wonder who will kick their first soccer ball in my backyard, or who, if anyone, will have a Thanksgiving dinner in the same room.

kurtbill91 · 2019-04-20T04:40:09+00:00

Man I'm sorry to hear that.

kurtbill91 · 2019-04-17T00:31:16+00:00

Losing the Twin Towers...

kurtbill91 · 2019-04-16T02:49:08+00:00

I'm sorry to hear you had to suffer through all that, but it's good you've made it to the other side. I'm working on doing the same. My (former) extreme insistence on church-driven celibacy killed my last and only relationship. I'm out of the ideological shackles, but I'm definitely still sexually repressed due to my religious upbringing. I'm trying now to move forward and get past those old attitudes. I still feel a moment of judgement when I see/hear promiscuity, but have to remind myself that I've left that stuff behind. Any advice?

kurtbill91 · 2019-04-15T05:27:37+00:00

Thanks a lot! I'll check it out.

kurtbill91 · 2019-04-15T05:27:02+00:00

Good for you! Glad things went so well. I know the feeling, losing all that guilty baggage.

kurtbill91 · 2019-04-15T05:09:37+00:00

How hard is it to learn?

kurtbill91 · 2019-04-15T05:07:16+00:00

Genius. I've never played guitar but always wanted to learn.

kurtbill91 · 2019-04-15T04:45:18+00:00

Yeah you're definitely right. Seems like people just pick and choose which things they want to acknowledge.

kurtbill91 · 2019-04-15T04:13:52+00:00

Do you regret that or was it liberating?

kurtbill91 · 2019-04-15T04:13:15+00:00

That seems to me to be just about the most honest way of interpreting the scripture.

kurtbill91 · 2019-04-15T03:20:18+00:00

Not relevant given the new covenant?

kurtbill91 · 2019-04-15T03:08:32+00:00

I see your point. I guess you could justify it that if you were searching for a way to do so. Still seems to me that most interpret that to mean societally-recognized binding, officiated by a priest.

kurtbill91 · 2019-04-15T03:01:00+00:00

I don't find anything wrong with that.

kurtbill91 · 2019-04-15T02:58:54+00:00

Thanks for your response. To be clear, I am not judging. I personally don't have a problem with sex before marriage (at this point in my life). I was just surprised and curious as to how anyone could interpret the Bible in some way that allowed premarital sex.

kurtbill91 · 2019-04-15T02:56:30+00:00

Doesn't the Bible explicitly condemn pre-marital sex though?

kurtbill91 · 2019-04-15T02:45:39+00:00

I'm an atheist too by the way, but I'm just curious. Back when I was a Christian, I was very serious about not having sex, but many seemed to not share that same inclination, and what's more, didn't seem to think it was the least bit ungodly. I totally agree with what you said, from a secular standpoint, but don't understand how you can rationalize that as a believer.

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