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Hatless Nuance said:
No, it's only vaginal intercourse. Sodomy isn't a faith issue, to my knowledge, and even if it is, non-penetrative sexual acts are available. Besides, men generally don't have vaginas.
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Hyp3rB14d3 said:
Pretty sure it counts so much that YHWH gomorrahed a whole town over that.
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No, sodomy is definitely on the "Do this and God will push your shit in." list. Moreso than even idol worship.
To the point where the act was named after one of the cities God canonically pillar-of-fire nuked off the face of the planet for being filled to the brim with the absolute worst of humanity.
As for priests and the straight and arrow path being effectively parallel... there was an unwritten custom of "encouraging" sons who were not correctable in the sense of marital duties to take up the cloth to spare their families the shame so there's that.
 
Hyp3rB14d3 said:
Pretty sure it counts so much that YHWH gomorrahed a whole town over that.
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NuclearBird said:
No, sodomy is definitely on the "Do this and God will push your shit in." list. Moreso than even idol worship.
To the point where the act was named after one of the cities God canonically pillar-of-fire nuked off the face of the planet for being filled to the brim with the absolute worst of humanity.
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I think maybe it was the whole town trying to gang-rape a pair of angels which was the last straw, not just butt-stuff.
 
Amazon Climber said:
I think maybe it was the whole town trying to gang-rape a pair of angels which was the last straw, not just butt-stuff.
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...were those Biblically-accurate angels? They must have been Biblically-accurate Angels since it's in the Bible, right?

Imagine the levels of degeneracy it took to try to rape a Biblically-accurate angel.

I think at that point in time when God realized that humans just tried to rape Biblically-accurate angels He truly became terrified of His own creation and stayed safely locked in Heaven ever since.
 
Guardian Box said:
...were those Biblically-accurate angels? They must have been Biblically-accurate Angels since it's in the Bible, right?

Imagine the levels of degeneracy it took to try to rape a Biblically-accurate angel.

I think at that point in time when God realized that humans just tried to rape Biblically-accurate angels He truly became terrified of His own creation and stayed safely locked in Heaven ever since.
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…Until even He couldn't resist trying to get a piece of that. Thus, Christianity was born.
 
Amazon Climber said:
I think maybe it was the whole town trying to gang-rape a pair of angels which was the last straw, not just butt-stuff.
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Nah, it was the angels actually found one righteous guy and he didn't want to chance them finding nine more. :V


Guardian Box said:
Imagine the levels of degeneracy it took to try to rape a Biblically-accurate angel.
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Tbf, biblically accurate angels only do the wheel of fire with a thousand eyes schtick or whatever when they're appearing to prophets, to everybody else they just look like very pretty femboys.
 
Guardian Box said:
...were those Biblically-accurate angels? They must have been Biblically-accurate Angels since it's in the Bible, right?

Imagine the levels of degeneracy it took to try to rape a Biblically-accurate angel.

I think at that point in time when God realized that humans just tried to rape Biblically-accurate angels He truly became terrified of His own creation and stayed safely locked in Heaven ever since.
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"Biblically Accurate Angel" is a shitty reddit meme that ignores the entire history of Angels appearing as messengers in dusguise and the entire implied hierarchy of them in not just Christian, but also Jewish and Islamic theology.
God isn't going to send First Circle Angels like Seraphs, Cherubs and Ophanim to act as glorified Errand Angels.
 
Does anyone have a term for a phobia revolving around compassion? As in the patient having a psychological fear/revulsion of compassion towards...anyone really, but specifically those who are in a bad position.
 
NuclearBird said:
"Biblically Accurate Angel" is a shitty reddit meme that ignores the entire history of Angels appearing as messengers in dusguise and the entire implied hierarchy of them in not just Christian, but also Jewish and Islamic theology.
God isn't going to send First Circle Angels like Seraphs, Cherubs and Ophanim to act as glorified Errand Angels.
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I thought angels were specifically messengers, like that's the origin of the word or something.

"Errand Angels" would be redundant but accurate.
 
Treble said:
Does anyone have a term for a phobia revolving around compassion? As in the patient having a psychological fear/revulsion of compassion towards...anyone really, but specifically those who are in a bad position.
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Phobia is a Latin term. Look up the Latin word for "compassion" and stick phobia on the end of it.
 
Treble said:
Does anyone have a term for a phobia revolving around compassion? As in the patient having a psychological fear/revulsion of compassion towards...anyone really, but specifically those who are in a bad position.
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Fear of Compassion is not a phobia but rather a symptom of other conditions, usually anxiety or depression. Its not actually listed under the phobia listings.

You are probably looking for a different condition rather then a phobia.
 
The latest episode has me convinced that Solo Levelling is just another OPM, but for better or worse, without the comedy, and Sung Jin-Woo is a shitty, passive version of Saitama or Goku.
 
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The latest episode has me convinced that Solo Levelling is just another OPM, but for better or worse, without the comedy, and Sung Jin-Woo is a shitty, passive version of Saitama or Goku.
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Solo Leveling has several things that put it above the pack:
- It took advantage of a then-new media (WebToon vertical scroll) and had above-average art for its time.
- The writing wasn't so bad that it turned people off immediately. It's a fairly standard power-up story, but the execution is above average.
- The story has an ending. It's not just trudging on until it ruins itself like other high-earning eternal shounen.

That said, I would never compare it to OPM, which is actually good and deserves to be remembered long after its anime run.
 
Solo leveling is trash, this is coming form the guy who was reading it 6 years ago. The only reason it blow-up was bc of the art
 
On Thursday, 27, February I tried really hard to kill myself.

I don't know how I ended up in hospital for it, but that's where I've been. Just got out and…

Fuck. It's a helluva life.

I'm still not sure if whoever called an ambulance for me did me a favor or not.

Still trying to figure that one out.

Also, big thanks to "E. B." because of your donation I still have mobile service.
 
It's weird, but since I woke up in the hospital I've been experiencing a strange detachment. A kind of disassociation I suppose, the best term I've found for it online is "Alexithymia" which means difficulty recognizing, expressing, and feeling emotions. It's very strange.

It's like I died and kept walking around afterwards, but everything inside me is still dead. A lifetime of masking depression sure does come in handy for this.

Either way, I've decided to go North. Away from my brother who treated me like I was a serial killer.

I don't know how far I'll get or where I'm going just yet. Been having trouble thinking things through and making decisions. I could use some help there if anyone's interested.

The road after midnight is predictable and serene, I like that.

It's an odd counterpoint to the trip south, this disassociation.

I think this is worse than depression.
 
Too tired to keep driving for the time being so I've stopped to get rest.

It occurs to me that I haven't had any real privacy for quite some time. It's wearing on me. I think? I don't know for sure but I've become aware of a need pressing on the back of my mind and it's frustratingly nonspecific. Maybe that's it, not sure. It's still very nonspecific.
Frustratingly so.

Still, I feel less… hounded? After putting a night of driving between me and my brother.

I'll take it.
 
MadGreenSon said:
It's weird, but since I woke up in the hospital I've been experiencing a strange detachment. A kind of disassociation I suppose, the best term I've found for it online is "Alexithymia" which means difficulty recognizing, expressing, and feeling emotions. It's very strange.

It's like I died and kept walking around afterwards, but everything inside me is still dead. A lifetime of masking depression sure does come in handy for this.

Either way, I've decided to go North. Away from my brother who treated me like I was a serial killer.

I don't know how far I'll get or where I'm going just yet. Been having trouble thinking things through and making decisions. I could use some help there if anyone's interested.

The road after midnight is predictable and serene, I like that.

It's an odd counterpoint to the trip south, this disassociation.

I think this is worse than depression.
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There's a teaching in my native tribe that the Elders gives to people who need help healing. It's essentially this: Go find a place in the wild that feels special to you and rest there (I would've used the word "sacred" but I don't think you're here for the spiritual stuff).

It has to be a place away from people, and away from the things that remind you of people. You'll know when you find it: a double take of the scenery, or sudden sense of calm, even an awareness you never knew you had before.

Once there, make a safe fire (if you can) and just rest.

God only knows how many times this helped me during times I don't want to think about again.
 
Arc-on-Fire said:
There's a teaching in my native tribe that the Elders gives to people who need help healing. It's essentially this: Go find a place in the wild that feels special to you and rest there (I would've used the word "sacred" but I don't think you're here for the spiritual stuff).

It has to be a place away from people, and away from the things that remind you of people. You'll know when you find it: a double take of the scenery, or sudden sense of calm, even an awareness you never knew you had before.

Once there, make a safe fire (if you can) and just rest.

God only knows how many times this helped me during times I don't want to think about again.
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That sounds really great but sadly not an option for me.

I honestly don't know what I'm going to do or where I'm going to go.

I'm really tired and I'm not thinking very good these days. I've tried to get help with it but no one seems to understand what I'm saying when I tell them and they just give me generic encouragement or a pamphlet.

I don't think there's a source for the kind of help I need.
 
MadGreenSon said:
That sounds really great but sadly not an option for me.

I honestly don't know what I'm going to do or where I'm going to go.

I'm really tired and I'm not thinking very good these days. I've tried to get help with it but no one seems to understand what I'm saying when I tell them and they just give me generic encouragement or a pamphlet.

I don't think there's a source for the kind of help I need.
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So... there's two things you can still try to help yourself feel better, and it doesn't involve anything else but you and effort on your part (And water for the first one).
  1. You sweat it out until your body forces itself to relax (this is one of the reasons why we have a sweatlodge, it's more than a spiritual faculty but you don't need a sweatlodge to do this)
  2. You force yourself to shake and tremble until you can't control it anymore.
I would've written out the history behind these two techniques but, again, you're probably not here for that.

For the first one: literally any hot place you can find that you can sweat hard in will do. Your car will do if you can insulate it safely, even leaving your car in the sun with the heat on will work too. Try to strip down to your underwear if you can and bring water. Lots of it.

Now the tribal reasoning behind this one is: your muscles are alive and they can't think, but they can react to what you're thinking. And a fucked up cycle of imbalance happens where - "I think of an issue that bothers me," which causes your muscles - "My God I remember this! I'm anxious, terrible even." which makes you feel like you're experiencing the entire issue all over again which then makes you think about it -

So on and so forth, fucking awful experience. Anyway! It all boils down to not being able to rest properly. That's why you sweat, literally sweating until your body forces itself to relax and rest properly.

For the second and last one, it's an exercise that's essentially making yourself shake as if you're afraid. You lay down on the ground and start with trembling your limbs, occasionally lifting your hips and letting them shudder as well. Do this until your entire body feels like it needs to shake. Do it until you feel like you can rest. This one comes the fur trade days when warriors noticed how children rescued from hostile slaver raids from rival tribes would shake uncontrollably. Like a literal twitching ball of muscle. The healers likened it to a moose shaking rain and flies off its hide. Only with fear and other undesirables with the child.

Try it out.
 
That second one sounds like one of the relaxation techniques I was taught, which was to start at one end of your body (feet/head), then try to tense things at the extremity for a few seconds (like your toes), then untense them. Then move onto the next controllable muscle group (like the feet this time), tense, hold for a few seconds, and release. Then your calves, and so on and so forth.

And you do it more than just the once. You do it for like 20 minute sessions at a time.

Researching a bit, it is called Progressive Muscle Relaxation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_muscle_relaxation)
 
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