Thanks!

Thanks for the link, seems like an interesting read. Anarchism is severely misrepresented by the media, I knew it wasn't exactly the Purge but I always imagined it as such. Do you have any interesting fiction books in mind that represent anarchism well? Something along the lines of 1984 and that type of book.

It appears it doesn't at all! Thanks for all the replies, I have a lot of reading to do!

I'm here to take the religious meme too seriously.

I'm 100% all with preaching equality, and just as much with helping out your local sex workers (not buying their... services. You know what I mean by "helping out"). But Jesus did not incite anarchism, quite the opposite. He asks us to obey the laws, whether they're Godly or otherwise (as long as they don't go against the laws of Christ, as is demonstrated in the book of Daniel). Without the very human traffic laws that God didn't find important to discuss in the Bible, there would be actual anarchy, and coming from a country that is without traffic law enforcement, I can tell you, no Christian would vouch for this.

Other things Christ would love for you to do this Christmas (or any day of the year). Pass out food to homeless people, better yet, get to know one and invite them over for a meal in a warm home with good company and social support. Regardless of your views, support a kid who's a member from the LGBTQ+ community who might be rejected by their parents. If you're an employer, reach out to any employees who live far from family and invite them over for some baked goods, a meal, and some good conversation and fun. If you're a student (like myself), reach out and setup a mini potluck where everyone brings something.

Christ didn't ask that we hate anyone. Christ asks to spread love, and with the cold weather and festive spirits, there is plenty of room to spread love.

I agree, fuck cars, but cars won't disappear and be banned overnight. Even if we begin getting rid of cars one policy at a time, parking will still be a requirement. I live in a country without any parking requirement laws (no laws at all really), and the roads are uhh... interesting. Even nicer areas have roads that feel like slums because everyone is parked all over the street.

As someone who genuinely doesn't understand American politics too much, wouldn't Trump be better for the Middle East? I live in Lebanon right now and most people that I talk to say that Trump would be far better than anyone else for the Middle East, considering what he did in his first term. They'll also back this up with "he's a business man, and war is bad for business", but I don't entirely buy that considering how profitable war is for the US. Could someone put my in the loop?

I think I've found love.

You know you messed up when a photographer can take what seems to be a long(ish) exposure shot of a highway.

The Mosaic laws are really quite interesting. These verses can work in tandem with those in Leviticus 19. There later is the understanding of why we were given the Mosaic laws, just for Jesus to disagree with them a bit later, which is explained in Matthew 19:3-8. "

3 Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?”

4 “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ 5 and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? 6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

7 “Why then,” they asked, “did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”

8 Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning."

Many of the things discussed in the Pentateuch (first 5 books of the Bible, where the Mosaic laws lie), are just about how to live their day to day lives, and at the time they had many slaves, something that they wouldn't be willing to change. Instead of this, God commands how to treat these slaves. The Old Testament is full of confusing stuff, but it certainly isn't just from "the Jew section of the Bible" as suggested in another comment. It has value, but they must be understood through a specific lens, understanding the lives of the people God is talking to.

Got me laughing my ass off in class

Go be bored. Being bored is the best way to jog creativity. There's this Veritasium video on boredom that is very good.

Ayo, this is insanely cool. Would you edit previous chapters and repost them if you want to make a change? Or are you just going to try to keep writing without changing anything you wrote before? I just write off the top of my head most of the time, so the idea of not going back and changing things is insane to me. Keep up the dope work, can't wait to read chapter 3.