Lose all this to rescue 1 pilot and call it your greatest military success of all time.

Dear white people, just because you give to charity to ease your guilt doesn't change the fact that your ancestors killed, enslaved, and tortured Black people. You can't donate your way out of history.

The biggest problem with Christianity, from a Jewish perspective, is that its core beliefs don't line up with the Tanakh as clearly as Christians claim or believe. Deuteronomy 6:4 declares that HaShem is one, Numbers 23:19 distinguishes HaShem from mortal man, and Deuteronomy 6:13 commands Israel to worship and serve HaShem alone. Mashiach is described as HaShem's anointed king, a descendant of David who rules under HaShem, not as HaShem Himself who is supposed to be worshiped. Reference Isaiah 11 and Psalm 2 even distinguishes HaShem from His anointed. On top of that, Isaiah 2:4 describes the messianic age as a time when nations stop waging war, and Ezekiel 37 describes Israel being restored under a Davidic king. These conditions were not fully fulfilled during jesus lifetime. Christians argue that jesus will complete these prophecies when he returns, but from a Jewish perspective, that raises two serious questions where does the Tanakh clearly teach that the Mashiach is HaShem in human form and should be worshiped as HaShem, and if the Messiah was supposed to bring worldwide peace and restoration, why are we still waiting for those things? The Jewish argument is that the Mashiach is HaShem's anointed king, not HaShem Himself, and that the messianic prophecies should be evaluated against what the Tanakh actually describes, rather than reinterpreted after the fact to fit a theological claim. I have an entire post on this as well. In the end, you are arguing against what HaShem says, and instead of listening to those who know the language, you argue. We're not telling you what to believe, we are telling you what Tanakh says.

Hard to spot a group of people more lost than self proclaimed “Christian” Nationalists. Ungodly, vile group of individuals. 2 Peter 2 warns against such evil. Pray they repent.

This is what science is for, not going to mars and flying cars

The Chuds found this so I'll point out what's blaringly obvious to anyone who loves this movie and has media literacy above that of a 12 year old. The humans and the bugs are ultimately not that different, especially by the end. Your defenses - the bugs are worse, the bugs started it - do not withstand a look at the text. The teacher at the beginning (Rue McClanahan from Golden Girls lol) expresses admiration for the bugs - they're selfless, brave, don't know about death, collectivist. Denise Richards raises a reasonable objection, that humans have created art, and she laughs at the idea. Even if the bugs sent the asteroid, the humans end up using Horten Ho 229s to bomb entire planets. Neil Patrick Harris uses the same power as the brainbug - he's psychically guiding subordinates through the tunnels. The mobile infantry loses individuation and will power and exist only to die and kill, like the soldier bugs. Then, at the end, the humans do the exact same thing the brain bug - they penetrate the brain of the brainbug with a symbolic phallus to learn how it fights to make its "race" easier to kill. The movie is not "fascism is kind of cool when it's against genocidal bugs" because the government seen here is incompetent, ideologically deranged, helped start the war. The movie is "fascists, even if they come up against literal bugs, end up transforming dumb sexy Dawson's Creek kids into bugs."

Francis Fukuyama: "The lack of a strong national musical tradition contributes to the weakness of American national identity."

Such an odd post. Do Christians realize they think about us because we play a foundational role in their theology, but they have no place in ours?

the guy that filled none of the criteria to be the messiah? not at all

The most misunderstood movie of all time. Even when the movie heavily implies the “heroes” are the Nazis by having a character walk on now dressed as a Nazi, you still see this kind of apologia

This is the bitter pill Americans struggle to swallow. 🏈 Is a small regional sport. It's closer in size to badminton than it is to ⚽

Today's "Safe Horny" discourse surrounding Castlevania & Hades is bizarre. Hades 2 is one of the horniest games of the last decade. Characters wear blatantly revealing outfits. No one wears shoes. There's multiple romances. You see naked women and think man? Seek help.

Violet Backstory: Violet immigrated to The Cursed Apple when she was 12, and while there was a certain amount of culture shock to adapting to New York, she quickly fell in love with the vibrancy of the city. Dedicating herself to the pursuit of the arts, Violet's passion lead her to successes far beyond most of her peers. First, a full ride to art school. Then in her junior year, inclusion in MOMA's prestigious celebration of student artists: "The Upstart Gallery". By any measure she's doing phenomenal for her age, however Violet has not been able shake her existential dread of dying a failure. She knows that commercial success as a fine artist isn't about being good enough. It's not even about being great. It's about being seen by the right person at the right time. And so she has set her sights on The Ritual... not to embellish on her own talent, but just to have a chance to show the world what she can do.

Look through this guy’s account & you’ll never find a single picture of NYC, LA, San Fran, or Philly. All locations you’d expect a curious European (on tour for the WC) to go through, but he’s going to Waco & small town Ohio. Ahuh.

Part of me loves this tech. Another part of me looks at all the suffering that technology should alleviate — 35 mil below poverty line, 28 million without healthcare access, 1.3 mil abortions a year, almost a million homeless, and so on — and it seems so hollow.

It’s fuckin cold gas thrusters Clearly people know nothing about flight This particular religion is insufferable

the idea that most people have an internal monologue bugs me the fuck out. like what do you mean there are words in your head???? wouldnt it take forever compared to just thinking in vague concepts and pictures? having an inner voice seems like it would be annoying

The mood in Ukraine is grim today. There's frustration and outrage here in Kyiv towards the Trump administration over what Ukraine's government, the troops and society believe is a deliberate attempt on the part of Washington to force Ukraine to capitulate to Russia – by withholding intelligence that allows early warning when Russian missiles are incoming, and cutting off Starlink to the military which needs it to strike and for defence against jet drones. These decisions cut intel sharing and restrict Starlink cost lives; at least 5 people killed in Kyiv, 6 more in Lutsk, dozens others badly injured.