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My position is that it must all be read for its underlying message, not as an account of what happened. It's not that I don't believe the horrible bit...

Yes, it is literally in the scriptures, yet it's not advocated by the overwhelming majority of those who read the scripture, which means what I've bee...

Stoning simply is not part of the Western tradition, at least not for 2000 years. You've offered no examples of the death penalty being carried out by...

That question makes me question your Jewishness. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_Kippur

I think they sink the tuna, can and all, into a deep fryer until the can is a toasty brown, and they serve it on a bed of marshmallows.

We keep our fat people at Wal-mart. If Southerners are slimming up, maybe meth is bringing that about, but I've not noticed that trend. I couldn't fin...

I think that's a good idea. The max IRA contribution is $6,000 per year, so you should be able to funnel your tens of billions of dollars into your ta...

It's been crazy warm here this winter. It was in the 70s today. The vet noticed a flea on my dog, so I gave her a flea pill that I typically stop givi...

I ate a really expensive ribeye steak last night for my anniversary dinner. I wish I remembered the name. It started with an S. I do remember the pric...

But this comment again literalizes the metaphysical content of the religious document. Yes, you are correct, the world was not created in 6 days, ther...

Initially, let's disabuse ourselves of the notion that ancient religion typically stoned people, at least not for the past 2000 years. If you want to ...

If the father, the son, and the holy ghost are three separate entities, Christianity is a Polytheistic religion. Christians claim the trinity is three...

That song was played at the first dance at both my weddings.

I live beyond the burbs. I'm zoned agriculture, which among other things, I can slaughter sheep, sell produce from my driveway, burn my garbage, and b...

It is. We named it One Peachtree Farm after the single peachtree we planted in the front yard. The tree hasn't done well though, so it's now called On...

That shack is my house and it's over run with animals. Life is hard but honest, but thanks for your envy.

I might, but a single hive produces like 20 pounds of honey annually, and I typically eat 1 pound per lifetime, so I'd be left with extra for the grea...

I told them it was that or masks, so they chose distancing

I think the argument from Akhenaten to modern day monotheism is weak. That was the belief of a single kingdom for a short period of time as opposed to...

Different traditions read it differently. An orthodox Jew would read it literally. A reform metaphorically. You can't myth bust if you're opponent adm...

I'm with you on this to the extent the OT is clearly a compilation of at least 4 different works and the early religion was not monotheistic, but it's...

/uploads/resized/files/g5/55mf0lwx79twnqvk.jpg Foggy farm.

Jumping in midstream here, so if what I say misses the point, ignore me. The OT God is considered by all contemporary traditions as monotheistic, so h...

Reminds me of a song: https://youtu.be/lm8oxC24QZc

If you accept the notion that financial success is attainable thorough individual choice, which rests heavily upon motivation, education, persistence,...

Remind me of the rules. Is it too late to make revisions to my story? I have some shit I want to add.

You got someone in the queue? Do tell.

This isn't good advice. The advice I'd offer everyone, specific to the question of misogyny, is that you shouldn't post misogynistic comments on this ...

I got your SO a night of meh sex. I had forgotten to get her anything and it's all I could get her on a moment's notice. So if she was in a bad mood w...

You can't see the flower without light. The eye detects light. That's just how it works. Not sure why you're telling me this. I said you don't taste w...

It's direct contact with the lightwave, not the flower. What about your ankles, are they part of the perception?

Do you really not know? He was (or may still be) a poster who would post literally hundreds of posts per week, get banned, and log in another name som...

You're referencing how the brain is stimulated, which can occur by touch, but also by light or sound waves, so it's not direct, and differing senses p...

There is a gap between the perceived and perceiver. You can take out a measuring stick and determine how big a gap there is between the flower and you...

A Concise Introduction to Philosophy by William Halverson. It was my Philosophy 101 textbook from the University of Georgia in 1985. I've kept it. I r...

If we truly wanted to subject our stories to objective evaluation, we'd bring in an objective evaluator, but we don't really want that I don't think. ...

Thank you! People really should be nicer to the funny.

Every experience arises from stimuli, whether that be the bird you experience or the freedom you feel. Where is the freedom you experience? Point to i...

If we stipulate that a "substance" distinction between two objects means the two objects are incapable of acting upon one another, then the mind/body ...

It's a scientific fact that we experience an image as the result of some sort of stimuli. I don't understand your use of the phrase "we do not need to...

3 things here: (1) what I see, (2) what the dog sees, (3) the bird. Describe each for me so I know what you're talking about. Tell me about the sort o...

My New Year's resolution is to continue deleting emails before reading them because if you have the time to walk down the hall and ask me why the fuck...

What I find is that when one has found a truly great author, their expectations rise with each piece they pen, but, much like when whoever it was who ...

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As a general matter, we don't render declaratory judgments, meaning there must be an actual case in controversy for us to rule. That means we don't en...

My prediction for 2022: /uploads/files/k1/2quo295jxavcv6y5.jpg This is the Rock of Gibraltar. I predict it will continue to be there.

I don't understand the prediction. I get that the meteor shower is part of your apocalyptic vision, but I don't understand why you forecast the return...

Of course! There are all sorts of voting restrictions that can be imposed. We needn't recreate the wheel. We can just adopt these: https://www.texastr...

In truth, I'm more interested in comments than I am in the vote score, and I truly thank @"Amity" for her detailed comments for each of the stories. I...

Americans don't use the word "twat" to describe an annoying person like this, especially not a man. Maybe asshole is an equivalent or something. "Twat...