#1-17-24

[photozoi]

Ice Teef

[f1archives]

Valtteri Bottas’ special ‘Keep Things Weird’ helmet for Austin 2024

[purewasteland]

little touches

[jtl-fics]

oh i have to know what’s new with TBD <3

WIP Wednesday 4/17/24 | TBD

Andrew, for the life of him, still doesn’t know why exactly he decided to become a professional Exy player. He goes through the reasons that it isn’t the worst thing in the world once again in his head.

He was paid ridiculously well which meant he never needed to think about money again.

He had the flexibility in his schedule to do whatever he wanted during the off season.

It’s not like Exy is hard.

He thinks for a few more minutes on what other reasons there might have been for signing to play this stupid sport professionally and comes up empty. He can admit that part of the reason he may not be able to think about positives is the constant interruption to his thought in the form of camera flashes.

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[ghosthoodie]

lessons in octarian <:)

[guarshroom]

I can be normal about Random Crits in TF2.

[mikeywayarchive]

Instagram story by mikeyway

[Sep 17, 2024]

[sethdomain]

L IS A 24 YEAR OLD MAN?

[photozoi]

After the ice storm...

We are left with dangerously beautiful surroundings. So beautiful to look at, but walking and driving are like playing roulette. As the Boiz are basically dogs on stilts, and just trying to get the car to the street (let alone the vets!) in one piece would be problematic, we are staying inside and being thankful for the fact that we have power and all our trees stayed upright. Tomorrow is another day.

[f1archives]

Alex Albon’s special helmet for Singapore 2024

[secrettreestuffidk]

you ever think about how pretty much the only reason we use base10 is because we have 10 fingers and if everyone had 6 fingers on each hand we'd use base12 and never even think a thing of it and also math would be pretty much better in every way?

[yakultii]

ever since I was little I never gave a fuck if anyone else liked me, I just wanted to like me and eventually I did for a little while but then I forgot how

[jtl-fics]

TBD s‘il te plaît, it fucks so hard

7/10/24 WIP Wednesday (Closed) | TBD AU

Andrew’s knee-jerk response is to say that he doesn’t want anything but he can hear Dion getting increasingly fussy from across the parking lot, “Yes.”

Neil looks at him for a few moments and the silence bothers Andrew but he remains silent to let Neil decide. Neil continues to stare at him the entire time, seemingly deaf to Dion’s calls for him, “Ok. Smith will be at Dion’s game again on Friday. We can do this again, after we finish at the gym.” Neil says after a full minute of silence.

“Ok.” Andrew agrees.

“You have to finish your full cardio program this time though, no cutting a mile before.” Neil says.

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[onedragonaday]

1/17/24 Ember from Little embers series 1

[monster-every-day]

day 17 - 1/17/24 - bell sprite

this one's in a bit of a panic and trying to alert people nearby however it can! it's glowing brightly and ringing its bell wildly. it seems like it thought i was injured and is trying to call for help! i was able to calm it down and communicate to it that i was not injured, but not without snapping a photo first!

[adventism-atheism-orthodoxy-me]

This Verse Secretly Undermines All of Christianity...

I just saw this and thought I would process it on my own.

This YouTuber doesn't sound like he's explored much beyond mainstream Western Christianity. He makes the bold statement that EVERY Christian sect finds indispensable the idea that Christ died on the Cross "for our sins". Period.

For the longest time I found that challenging too. He goes on to talk about many of the same things I've asked, "Why couldn't God just forgive us outright? Why must he go through a generational pageant to do something the God of the Universe could have done of his own accord in the first place?"

You can say this is a dumb question. I've been told this many times.

Yet I have never been the only one asking this.

Many, if not all Atheists ask this question. Frankly, many "Christian" answers sound a little unhinged.

Now, I don't think that his examples necessarily contradict the prevailing point of view though. All anyone has to do is look at the banking industry to see that credit on future earnings is a valid payment method. Now it's true that modern banking, and especially credit, wasn't developed until the European Jews, unable to make a living any other way, started lending during the medieval period. Jesuits came up with the idea of insurance, which didn't technically fall under the prohibition against usury. And with ongoing innovation, modern financial markets developed.

None of these, of course, would have been understood by the local people of Jesus' time and place.

What was understood was life and death.

And this is where I found my peace.

Sins can easily be forgiven, but sickness and eventual death? That's a whole other nut to crack. Now, to be clear, unfortunately even the most traditional Christian communities have started to obsess about how SIN must be atoned!

But there is a strain in the oldest Christian traditions that it wasn't primarily sin that was destroyed on the cross, but rather death, disease, corruption (of which sin is a derivation to be sure, but not the point).

Now it's easy to look around and say - "Look! it didn't work." I myself have had to say good bye to both my parents over the last several months.

However, there is a resurrection that is promised. And if Christ has done what he said he did, then there WILL be a general resurrection.

The key is to be prepared for that resurrection. Now we could go on about which denomination is best prepared, but I have little faith in denominationalism. I think it's a means to conquer and divide the faithful, pitting follower against follower. Soon the God who's being worshiped isn't the most High God, but the Deceiver who encourages us all to call each other heretics. I do not think most "Christians" are Christian, but rather following their own wisdom (1 Timothy 6:3-5, 2 Thessalonians 2:11, Matthew 7:13-14, Matthew 24:11).

Now I may be a false teacher myself for thinking such a thing and putting it out there, but I have faith that God will know his own. And while he loves the rest, and has given them life, that life will be so much less for the fact that they reject what he's given them.

I find the idea of a river of fire helpful - Moses and the Glory of God (Exodus 33:20-23), speaks to the idea that to human senses, God is Fire. The Story of the Three Holy Youths (Daniel 3) has also been seen as an illustration of man abiding in the presence of fire, as a proxy for God, unharmed. Pentecost is God's fire experienced by the faithful after his resurrection. How will Gods fire be experienced by the unfaithful?

I have no idea, but I doubt that it will be pleasant (Luke 16:19-31).

In short, I feel this video failed to land it's point. There's enough diversity in Christianity to survive this argument, though I do not think that most modern Christians are open to my resolution.

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, Have mercy upon me, a sinner.