Crazy! I have a similar ish story. Girlfriend and I went to the bird refuge at night to smooch in the car and a truck pulls up behind us, after a minute we decide to leave and they follow. Very rural area. The truck passes and then stops in front of us, we go around and then it’s like my life became a videogame. The truck passed again and this time stops more horizontal to block both lanes, I start to go around and they pull forward, I’m able to go around their other side. I had a shitty manual that could do 0 to 60 in like 40 seconds but I felt fast. A few 90 degree turns on the road. Quite a lot happened on the chase, they nearly rear ended me when I tried to not let them pass, turned around after they passed, turned around again later. Told my girlfriend to call the police but she was crying and screaming and didn’t. And then they ran me off the road into a ditch. 2 guys get out of the truck, I get out of my camry and they’re like “who the fuck are you?!!” I yelled it back at them. They said they’re looking for some person who wasn’t me. I called them a bunch of names. They towed me out of the ditch. I never told my parents because they were Mormon and I didn’t want to get in trouble for going to the refuge with my girlfriend at night lol. It 100% doesn’t feel like it really happened

At this point I just stopped buying chips. Feels like such a waste to fill the bag less than half way…

Guess it depends on the denomination but mine had mandatory missions :P

I don’t really see how the thought experiment differs from Christianity…

My hobbies are free diving and mountain biking, and my Spanish is getting conversational (ish). Weekend trips to local lakes and rivers in the summer, tons of mountain biking where I live. I love the ocean though so I hope to go to a coastal this year. Eventually I want to save up to visit some South American countries

Check out France protests sometime

Live in the northern US and bike 3 miles to work. Icy right now so I have studded tires and bar kits. I wear a ski facemask and skip the glasses cause they fog. Bike light since it’s easy to work past sunset this time of year. Even when it was -30F I only wore one hoody (biking is hard work). Takes me around 15 minutes which is the same as driving. There’s bike paths 90% of my commute but I still almost get ran over at every other cross walk. Besides the danger, one of the best things I’ve ever done for my mental health. And I’m not even the road rage type. I just enjoy the ride

I was raised Mormon, am now atheist. Regret every conversation I had in high school about gay marriage. And evolution.

Most of us only know 5th grade math

Seems like a bit of a power dynamic problem… one could argue Job consented to all his bad treatment by trusting in the lord. Abraham was gonna kill his son. But I’d wager if I asked them, as a stranger, there’s no way any of them would consent. It’s the threat of etarnal fire that inspires such devotion and sacrifice. Bit of an unhealthy relationship if you ask me… my Christian parents are happy to ruin their lives for a better afterlife - including eroding their relationships with their kids. Bit sad. If I did believe in a god, I wouldn’t believe that he sent us here to make us suffer and make sacrifices.

But you are correct, the gospel I was looking at didn’t mention Mary giving consent. Just one of the problems of having 4 conflicting accounts…

My toothpaste is getting low, I think I’ll try busts next!

Dog, she was impregnated by the holy ghost without consent. I don’t believe that actually happened, but that’s what the bible says…

I can’t see without a helmet when the wind picks up! Wife and I have bluetooth comms that make riding way more fun

Try a used laptop. Cheap, power efficient, built in UPS, small. Can be quite powerful and some are even upgradable

I’ve always thought I was mildly allergic to some brands of toothpaste, wonder if this was related.

My symptoms were sores in the corners of my mouth/gums - took a couple weeks before they’d show up and the only way to get them to go away was heavy rinsing with water after brushing (which is not recommended because of fluoride mineralization)

Switched to Tom’s toothpaste (with fluoride) a few years ago and have had 0 issues since

Just did a few hours of research on this and Imma start right now. Thanks for making me aware! For a few years now I’ve wished I were uncut