I’m just curious! Some of mine include That’s So Raven, Schitt’s Creek, and The Neighborhood. Also, I don’t know if this is considered a comfort show, but I’ve watched Monk so many times every episode is familiar to me.
What are yours?
I know there is a years-long discourse about whether or not tracing is cheating, and I know that many have concluded that it is not cheating. However, when people explain why it’s not cheating, they usually go the route of explaining how tracing can help with practice. So I wanted to know what the consensus is on tracing for commercial art.
I’m wondering what the general public thinks about it when it comes to buying art? I mean, when people want an accurate painting of a subject, do they care if the sketch was traced from a reference photo? How many of the artists selling artwork trace their work?
A lot of people ask about whether this verse or this passage disproves Universalism, and I notice others treat the Bible as simply an instruction manual where every single line is literal or has the same weight. I think that might be a trap I fall into when I worry that this verse or that verse disproves Universal Salvation.
So I’m wondering if you treat every line in the Bible with the same weight or if you think of it like a movie. By that I mean, let’s say someone said they watched Spiderman but you only watched the scene where Peter lets the robber get away. They may walk away and say “Spiderman actually encourages people to not take responsibility.” That’s how I’m thinking people treat the Bible. They take a passage or even a book and they don’t look at the bigger people and they claim that God or the Bible is condoning this bad thing. Does that make sense? Do you treat each line of the Bible as having the same weight?
There are times when I am very confident in my beliefs in Universal Salvation, and then I see one verse and I go down a rabbit hole of doubt.
I guess I’m asking how do you keep the faith when you come across verses and passages that seem to claim otherwise, especially when it’s a passage of Jesus speaking?
Do you believe everyone is already saved or that everyone will be saved? Do you think there’s a difference?
I ask this because Matthew 6:14-15 says, "For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your heavenly Father will not forgive your sins."
What does this mean? Is this compatible with Christian Universalism? With The God who forgives all of us?
Does He withhold forgiveness for us until we forgive others? That doesn’t sound right to me.
It feels scary to be in a position where God doesn’t forgive you.
Update: another question. Will God be patient then, as I take the time to forgive someone? It’s not easy to just forgive someone. Will God be patient with me?
I’ve typed and deleted this post many times because I don’t know how to verbalize what I’m feeling. So all I’m gonna say is I’m worried I won’t be able to make friends. I’m online a lot and my tolerance for ignorance is at an all time low. And when people give their opinions I use that to judge their morality, even for things other people consider small. How can I accept that people will have different views and that friends will have disagreements and still be good friends? I think I’ve been alone for so long I don’t have the energy to have a relationship with another human being besides my immediate family. Like how can I be a good friend? How do I know which people will be good friends for me? What is a friend? Should a friend align with me on all my political and moral beliefs? I’m starting to think I don’t have the mental energy for friendship, like how im not in the headspace to date either. But I’m also lonely but am also used to being alone. Honestly I don’t even know what I’m talking about. I’m sorry if this makes no sense. I have OCD for context. It’s not even making sense to me, but maybe someone can decipher this.
Hi, I’m in my 20s and am recently out of college. I live with my parents while I’m looking for work. How can I be more independent when my parents are overprotective and yet I depend on them? I don’t have a job right now and I can’t afford to move out. I love them but I think they are stifling me in a way even though they probably think they are just protecting me.
I never had that stereotypical rebellious teen phase like in movies and tv shows. We’ve never had any major arguments. It feels weird to set boundaries with them and I feel pressure to agree with their suggestions for my career and my entrepreneurial pursuits. How do I set reasonable boundaries with them? They give good advice sometimes but it seems like they expect me to follow every piece of advice they give. At the same time I have an anxiety disorder and wonder if I’m even capable of being as independent as I want. I’m not sure what to do. Sorry if this doesn’t make sense.
Tl;dr: how can I be more independent when I live with my parents but they are overprotective?
I went down a rabbit hole reading people’s thoughts on the climate crisis and their predictions that it will make life unlivable very soon. I’m no scientist or climate expert, but their evidence seems pretty convincing. And now I’m thinking, what do I do with that information if it’s true? How do I live knowing I might suffer and die soon? How do I go to work and go about my day?
Sometimes when I read these messages, some people respond that for people in other countries, the world has already ended. And yet they continue to move forward somehow. I could just be a privileged American thinking that the world is ending because things are affecting me. I also think about the enslaved. Their world ended a hundred times over and yet they survived somehow. Every year someone somewhere has said the world will end on this date, but it didn’t. Am I foolish to think that this prediction is false too?
I guess I’m worried that the world will actually end in my lifetime and soon. I want to be prepared but I don’t know how. And if anyone has any encouragement, I’d like some kind words from people who believe there’s a way out of this.
A few years ago I started getting into stippling. I would happily spend hours spread out over days and months on my drawings. And I’ve improved quite a bit. I’m pretty good now. Many people have complimented my work.
However lately, I don’t have the motivation or patience to sit down and draw. I can barely sit there for 10 minutes without it feeling like a chore.
I think it’s because I want to make money as an artist and in the back of my mind, I’m thinking, “this is not good enough for people to buy” or “this is a waste of time”. I realized I should try to fall in love with the process of drawing again.
How do I fall back in love with the process of drawing?
When I was a little girl, I drew all the time. It was a way for me express my imagination and put my daydreaming on paper. I didn’t care how the final result looked. How do I get back to that?
I had posted my opinion about a movie and someone responded to me by saying, “you must be white man right? Can I cannot picture anyone else having this stupid a take.”
Well damn…
She gagged me with that one
Never before have I been called a white man. It kinda hurt😂
(Just to be clear I am not a white man. I am a Black woman)
UPDATE: it gets even funnier. The user admitted that they themselves are white.
I think they’re probably the type of person to say, “I can’t be racist, I’m [insert any identity or disability that is not related to race]”
I’ve been having symptoms for a while now that I’m concerned about. My doctor told me to get an endoscopy so he can see what’s going on, but we can’t afford it. All my life I’ve been fortunate enough to have the money for these things or not need a procedure, but now there’s a very high chance even with insurance that I can’t afford to get one. It’s a terrible feeling, knowing that there’s a way to check my health and perhaps catch something early, and it’s right in front of you, but it’s blocked by a wall of debt. All because greedy fucks want more money and don’t care about people. And it’s hard to get a job because I’m distracted by these symptoms I’m having. I’m feeling scared now and would like some encouragement.
Asking for a friend: men, if you’re wearing a suit but want to carry auvi-Q in an insulated case, how do you make sure you have epinephrine on you while still looking stylish? Do you wear a fanny pack, messenger bag? And how do you make sure the suit still looks nice?
I’m so tired. The gov is putting ankle monitors on Haitian immigrants in Ohio.
They have given 30 year sentenced to people in Texas for having zines.
This government has already committed so many atrocities that further shows that the Nazis got all their ideas from America. And it makes me so angry, obviously at the people who voted for this mf, but also the people who chose not the vote or refused to vote for Kamala knowing it was either going to be her or him. I consider myself a leftist but I get so mad at them sometimes. “Thank God the Zionist Black woman isn’t president. The senile fascist Zionist racist child-molesting rapist narcissist is the much better choice.” That’s what they seem to believe to me.
I know that Democrats also do illegal and corrupt things. I know that the number of deportations was really high during Obama’s presidency. But damn, how does us being in this situation with losing healthcare, being dragged into wars, an unimaginable cost of living, ICE terrorizing people, putting them in camps, the press being suppressed, women being arrested and dying because they can’t have abortions, too many food recalls because everyone in power now is an idiot, etc…help anyone at all? How does any of this help the people in Gaza? How does any of this help the disabled Americans who’ve lost their healthcare?
What, are certain people supposed to be sacrificed for everyone to see the light?
I’m probably not making any sense, but basically I have a feeling that some people want to burn things down so badly that they don’t care if the most vulnerable are caught in the fire. Am I crazy to think that?
I don’t know why x-men evolution even did that. That’s the one thing that turned me away from that show. In the comics is Storm always the same age as the rest of the x-men or are there different versions?
I love Storm. She’s my favorite of the x-men. I only know about her though tv shows, movies, and Wikipedia pages. I want to get into the comics but I don’t know where to start with Marvel because it seems like there’s different versions of Storm? Where do I start?
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I think the actress would have to be younger, around Sadie’s age. But I don’t want to get my hopes up. I can’t trust Marvel to do a good job with such a beloved Black character.
Hi everyone.
How do you reach out to old high school “friends” you haven’t talked to in years? I put friends in quotations because we were never really close, but we hung out at school and a couple times outside of school. At the time I never really opened myself up to people, so I never made any deep friendships. Right now we just follow each other on instagram.
How can I reach out to them and start a conversation? Is it even worth it if I’m dealing with my own mental health issues? I haven’t socialized in such a long time, it feels weird. And I don’t know how to answer if they inevitably ask, “how are you?” Do I tell them the truth? That I barely leave my house and have no social life? And that my mental health is kinda hanging on by a thread?
I’m not used to socializing anymore and I’m looking for some advice. Thanks!
How do you reach out to old high school “friends” you haven’t talked to in years? I put friends in quotations because we were never really close, but we hung out at school and a couple times outside of school. At the time I never really opened myself up to people, so I never made any deep friendships. Right now we just follow each other on instagram. How can I reach out to them and start a conversation? Is it even worth it if I’m dealing with my own mental health issues? I haven’t socialized in such a long time, it feels weird. And I don’t know how to answer if they inevitably ask, “how are you?”
I want to listen to sermons or talks while I’m doing routine tasks like folding clothes. Does anyone have any sermons or talks about Christian Universalism I can listen to, maybe on YouTube or something? Preferably a video about not having to be afraid of death because that’s been something I’m been worrying about recently.
I don’t even watch soccer like that and I could tell Argentina was cheating up and down the field and then had the nerve to start a fight after they lose the game. Absolute sore losers.
But this just showed me that in terms of skill, it seems like Argentina isn’t that good. Like how you gonna cheat and still lose?
Anyway, Nico Williams, the Black player from Spain was ROBBED
Edit: In all honesty, I’ve never watching a World Cup again. That shit was stressful 😂
When you meet someone new, do you ever worry that by saying you are a Christian they will assume you subscribe to ECT? Do you ever explain that you are a Universalist. Do you still feel like you can be called Christian or has the name of Christianity strayed so far away from Christ that they are no longer related?