Gambling addiction time
The trinity is in the Bible. Not the word "trinity", but our understanding of it comes purely from the Bible. Which is why even most SDAs agree with it. Real presence (part of the doctrine of transubstantiation) and miracles are also biblical. The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures and the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants and the Pearl of Great Price aren't biblical. Just like how the Qur'an isn't biblical.
Muslim means "one who submits", so I could identify as a muslim even though I don't even adhere to Islam- it doesn't make me Muslim.
Mormons and JWs are not Christian. The only ones who call Mormons and JWs Christian are themselves. Mormons and JWs are as Christian as the Chinese Communist Party is Communist. Even the Catholics agree that many Protestants are Christian but just in "imperfect communion" with them.
There are some fringe extreme SDAs who reject Christian doctrine, but most are Christian. Although I have sort of seen them grouped into the "borderline heretical" category.
JWs have their own "translation" of the Bible to fit their doctrine which basically every scholar rejects. Mormons have their third testament from a prophet- and is actually similar to Islam if you think about the circumstances (Prophet comes along hundreds of years later, claims Christians were doing it wrong and that he has an authoritative revelation, uses it to justify polygamy and political power, etc)
Protestant Christians do have varying interpretations of the Bible, but all agree on the Trinity, Biblical canon (which was the same as what the Catholics used before the council of Trent) and the core Gospel message which makes up 95% of things.
Unpopular opinion: You should be allowed to run for president and be a president even with a criminal record. I don't support trump and think the convictions are well earned. But democracy is a democracy - it's up to the people to decide whether or not they should have a convicted criminal in office.
In order to show their opposition to the pro life movement, all lifeguards have been dismissed
Donald Trump, some could count Boris Johnson but I don't really think he's "far right" enough
As well as the trans children thing and the belief that indoctrination is behind it
Overpopulation is a myth. We need more younger people than older people
You have seemed to make it clear that you want to die alone and not even try. If you won't get therapy of some kind, don't try and make other people suffer or justify your situation in front of other people. People are giving you advice here and you're refusing it, trying to justify yourself as some hero over "overpopulation" or something, and it's pathetic. You have plenty of time, you should resolve to want to turn your life around.
Unless you have a severe illness you're receiving government benefits for, NEETs are generally in the position through their own fault because they are lazy
I'm going to be straight to you here: The only thing holding you back is yourself. If you have a neurodivergency, I recommend getting in touch with an agency that helps find work for ND people. Your nature isn't going to change by just sitting in your room all day. I don't want to work either; I don't think anybody does. I don't want to do education. But forcing myself through it as difficult as it was made me a MUCH better person and more capable and gave me a job that even though I struggle with some days, I enjoy. By sitting in your room all day, you're just going to make yourself worse and there'll be no future for you. Don't give up in your 30's. It's not too late to do something. Switch off the news as well, delete social media if you have to. There is bad news about this world as we're a fallen species, but for our own life, we have to make the best of it.
I don't know what your situation is. Do you go outside much? What's stopping you from getting a job? I basically had to exposure therapy myself to the outside world and it was difficult and took nearly two years but it was so so so much worth it.
I think it depends on circumstances. Some people are genuine neckbeard NEETs who need to stop being a drain on society. Some people are just jobsearching or in education and aren't assholes to everyone they live with.
Recommendation Algorithms & Advertising - Where do you draw the line?
I think recommendation algorithms and advertising are separate things, however think with defaults and when it comes to what specific data is collected, where do you draw the line? Absolutely no recommendations at all based on an algorithm? Would you say using your 'like' history to recommend you more videos is okay? What about watch history, or save history?
Same question can also be asked about where you draw the line on advertising. Just say Youtube showed ads purely based on your video like history, would that be creepy?
I think we can all draw the line at location history, how long you linger on a post, etc. I'd like to know your thoughts on where you'd draw the line for both advertising and content recommendations. (This is two questions)
Sorry that this post is horribly formatted. I'm tired, acoustic and had a shower thought 😝
BBC News - Stonehenge covered in powder paint by Just Stop Oil
The move comes the day before celebrations for the Summer Solstice.
(Just found out author is a nazi ☹️) "They put an intelligence dampening sphere on me. It clung to my brain like a tumour, generating an endless amount of terrible ideas!"
Apparently the artist is a nazi by the way which I didn't realise when posting this.
I think people in prison should be allowed to vote
In a democracy, I don't see how their vote really matters less. Plus it'll help improve prisons perhaps.
The UK should carry out a genocide on and towards their grey squirrels
They are an invasive species and replaced the prettier, native red ones. I think a bounty might cause people to set up indiscriminate traps so wouldn't go there, but I think we should figure out a way to genocide grey squirrels
What to be aware of before opening port 25 on a postfix Raspberry Pi?
I have a raspberry pi running postfix. I Realised unless I open port 25 I absolutely cannot receive emails (I have 587 open and can send but not receive them). However I heard there are scaries online which someone could potentially send emails from your server without consent. I believe as well my ISP doesn't block port 25. Is there anything I should do right now before opening port 25, or should everything be safe enough?
BBC News - Sydney: Bishop stabbed during sermon - reports
Police say they responded to reports of multiple people being stabbed in western Sydney.
Seems to be Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel who has clips of his sermons go viral online
Matthew explains autism to Philip [The Chosen]
The Chosen is a video series based on the Biblical New Testament. It does like to take a good bit of creative liberty, to make it a good series, such as fleshing out minor characters in the Bible, inventing backstories and personalities for them, many are fully fleshed characters based on some brief description from the Bible.
One of my favourite things they've done was by representing St Matthew The Evangelist - one of Jesus's disciples and author of the Gospel of Matthew - as being autistic. I find him quite a lovable character who I can empathise with at times in the series and I'm really glad for this inclusion 🤣
Why games on YouTube now???
As well as being covered in community posts, ads, and shorts. I think if I looked at Youtube for the first time and it was like this, I'd delete it.
Dubs are better than subs
I'm not hearing the japanese voices while reading the subtitles, I'm hearing my own voice. Also too busy reading to understand it. Cannot look away either. Voice acting in most dubs is alright.
I think live actions are different, as squid game's dub was rubbish
The Irish Tricolour shouldn't be used for St Patrick's Day.
The Irish Tricolour flag represents the country of the Republic of Ireland, 26 counties of the island, which in fact doesn't include the 6 counties that St Patrick mainly operated in. In fact, it can be quite offensive to many people living in the place St Patrick mainly operated in, due to a civil conflict.
St Patrick also has his own flag - a red saltire on a white background - which deliberately represents him.
Making St Patrick's day a festival of Irish Nationalism specific to the Republic of Ireland makes zero sense, and using a flag which only represents part of the island, especially since many Americans are also descended from Ulster Scots in Northern Ireland.
Princess of Wales apologises for any confusion over Mother's Day family photo saying she "occasionally experiments with editing"
The Princess of Wales apologises for any confusion over Mother's Day family photo, saying she "occasionally experiments with editing".
AI call agents on phones.
Seriously, I'd rather either sit on hold and press buttons instead of trying to explain to an AI several times that I want it to connect me to a real person. I also have a "non standard" accent as well, so the thing probably cannot even understand me.
