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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • “…cannot define an ideology by how it’s adherents act”

    An ideology is, in practice, defined by its adherents.

    “…humans are corrupt and wild…”

    correct, jesus is not a perfect master

    “are you accusing me…”

    I wasn’t, but you do admire masters and worship a book glorifying slavery.

    “Slave owning isn’t righteous”

    Owning slaves is righteous according to the christian bible.

    Time to scrutinize your values.

    the christian bible is all about fearing retribution for your actions instead of making moral choices and positively affecting the world through good will and critical thinking.

    it is christian to own slaves and to be a master to your slaves according to the christian bible, what you see as the word of the christian god. you are defying the christian god by claiming owning slaves is not righteous.

    “It’s not about owning slaves or worshipping fear”

    By its own text, the christian bible is a book about worshiping fear and glorifying slavery.

    but that’s okay because it’s just a book, one of millions, and there’s a much bigger, and real, world out there with better lessons you can learn from.


    1. “Jesus clearly states that it’s not our place to carry out a death penalty.”

    and still christians have always and continue to carry out the death penalty.

    1. “jesus is…the perfect master…”

    a. jesus is an imperfect master: his flock is full of pedophiles, murderers and rapists.

    b. being a perfect slave master is not good for the slaves. You may aspire to owning slaves, but that doesn’t make owning slaves admirable or righteous.

    2 again: “…died for mankind.”

    jesus was here a few years and then lives in paradise forever in your book. his suffering was brief and insignificant relative to eternal life.

    Important to note that all the evidence we have supports the christian bible being a fictional story, largely made up and revised over the years to create a myth to subjugate people like yourself. It’s an interesting piece of creative writing, but there are limits to how far you should base your real life on a book about owning slaves and worshiping fear that inspired one of the largest and most harmful cults in history.


  • I had mild tinnitus, an audible high pitch constantly, and what worked for me was

    1. Wearing foam in-ear earplugs whenever I was in a loud situation(traffic, construction) I basically always have earplugs in while I’m outside.

    2. Switching to bone-conduction headphones rather than in-ear or over-ear, which I had used for years previously and I’m sure contributed to my tinnitus.

    I actually haven’t thought about my tinnitus in months until seeing this post and keeping my eardrums protected/insulated made a difference.

    Now that I’m thinking about it I can hear a slight ringing, but that’s the game, and it’s definitely still better than it was.


  • god’s answers:

    1. “who carries out the punishment?” christ and/or Christians

    2. “What is god’s instruction to the husband?” To be the master

    next two instead of 3 and 4:

    1 again. “Who are sinners?” Those who defy jesus.

    2 again. “…if you kept reading…much greater burden on the husband…” i’ve read the bible in full, there is no “greater burden” put on the master.

    “Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart”

    Sounds reeeal tough for the slave owners, having all that respect and sincerity from their slaves…no, it is not more difficult for a man to go on a date with his wife than it is for a wife to be eternally damned for not cooking her husband dinner.

    The eternal damnation is a greater burden.



  • Love that you’re like “we all know shrimp sends you to christian hell, but wife discipline? Seems farfetched!”

    Corinthians, ephesians, most books of the Bible reiterate that women must submit to their husbands:

    “Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.”

    And to not submit to their husbands is to go against God.

    “But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.”

    And guess what happens if your husband asks you for dinner and you say no?

    “So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.”

    Eve’s decision to prioritize her own desires over God’s instructions led to disastrous consequence including physical death and eternal obeisance.

    “Your desire shall be for your husband, And he shall rule over you.”

    “Genesis 2:18-24 “And the lord god said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him”

    Christian women are servants to men, and if they defy men, they defy god. Through all of every version of the bible, the Christian punishment for defiance is death.

    Why?

    “For the wages of sin is death”.