As others have worded it, it's a hobby. Self hosting is only necessary for a very small number of people, less than one percent of people on here, but it's a fun hobby, and I've learned a lot about software and networks from messing with self hosting stuff.

I too hate Hezballah, as most do, but issue is that I also live in the same country where they live. I used to feel bad for Americans that had to do active shooter drills. My school just did a "we're being bombed" drill.

RoadSIDE parking is chill. Middle of the road, all over the road, motorcycles zipping in between parked cars, cars parked on the little sidewalks we have in my country. I've visited actual slums in the Middle East: they feel similar.

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.

Thank you for the quibble. I'm not the most informed on all these topics, and still growing in my faith and knowledge. The reason why I'll always argue for God despite not having all the answers is because I've had a personal experience with him, and as such will always strive to find an answer the aligns with God's existence, the same God as that in the Bible.

Firstly, animal sacrifice had a purpose, and that purpose was replaced by the ultimate sacrifice, Jesus Christ. With the pork topic, I'm not entirely educated, but I know it's a debated topic.

To the actual meat of this, how could you take "Jesus didn't abolish but fulfill the law", then say that Jesus abolished the law by fulfilling it? I've been studying this across Romans 6, 7, 8; and also the entire book of Galatians both discuss the law in full. As I'm studying, I've also been writing an essay on the topic. I'll share when I finish it. Until then, here's a mini summary. Regardless, we can at least agree that Jesus didn't contradict himself (assuming you're coming from a Christian background).

The law (Mosaic laws, Moses's laws) was created for a few purposes: firstly, to prevent us from sinning aka doing the things that distance us from God; Second, many of the laws were created for the cleanliness and safety of the people, although most of these things are considered common sense today. We're gonna focus on the former, being closer to God.

Jesus commands that the greatest 2 commandments are to love God, and love others. In loving Jesus, you don't want to sin, and avoid it as second nature. It's 2 opposing forces, desires of the flesh vs your love of Christ, as the latter increases the latter will naturally decrease. In doing so, Jesus has fulfilled the purpose of the law, but still hasn't abolished it. I could add verses if you'd like, but I'd have to double check where they are. The laws have still not been abolished though, since how are we to know what is sin unless the law shows us. Although, we still have the Spirit of discernment which allows us to differentiate the original purpose of the law, the intention of the heart, and allows us to widen our scope and know whether certain things are sin or not regardless of if they're explicitly mentioned in the Bible. This same spirit allows us to determine whether something is just against the Mosaic law for health/cleanliness reasons (some people will claim pork is under this category, but as I said I'm not entirely sure), for avoiding Pagan traditions (like the mention of tattoos), or whether it's truly distancing us from God.

Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

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.

This is precisely why I'd want my own kid driving a tank of a car, until laws are passed such that nearly all vehicles become smaller. I'd make him save up money to get a little car, and match whatever he's saved to get him a far larger car.

Got me laughing my ass off in class